"mystery guest" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mystery guests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mystery guest (plural mystery guests)
  1. (marketing, business) An individual hired by a company to pose as a customer in order to evaluate the quality of its service. Categories (topical): Business, Marketing, Occupations Translations (Translations): mysteryguest (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-mystery_guest-en-noun-TMIXo3B6 Disambiguation of Occupations: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32 Topics: business, marketing Disambiguation of 'Translations': 68 32
  2. (television) A guest star whose identity is kept secret. Categories (topical): Television, Occupations, People Related terms: mystery shopper
    Sense id: en-mystery_guest-en-noun-mSvgqmmc Disambiguation of Occupations: 51 49 Disambiguation of People: 40 60 Topics: broadcasting, media, television

Inflected forms

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