"secret agent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: secret agents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} secret agent (plural secret agents)
  1. A member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential. Categories (topical): Espionage, Occupations, People Translations (member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential): գաղտնի գործակալ (gaġtni gorcakal) (Armenian), сакрэтны агент (sakretny ahjent) [masculine] (Belarusian), таемны агент (tajemny ahjent) [masculine] (Belarusian), сакрэтная агентка (sakretnaja ahjentka) [feminine] (Belarusian), таемная агентка (tajemnaja ahjentka) [feminine] (Belarusian), 間諜 (Chinese Mandarin), 间谍 (jiàndié) (Chinese Mandarin), 特務 (Chinese Mandarin), 特务 (tèwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 密探 (mìtàn) (Chinese Mandarin), tajný agent [masculine] (Czech), geheim agent [masculine] (Dutch), agent [masculine] (Dutch), spion [masculine] (Dutch), salaagent (Estonian), salainen agentti (Finnish), agent secret [masculine] (French), agente secrète [feminine] (French), Geheimagent [masculine] (German), Geheimagentin [feminine] (German), titkosügynök (Hungarian), agente segreto [masculine] (Italian), 諜報部員 (chōbō buin) (alt: ちょうほうぶいん) (Japanese), 軍事スパイ (gunji supai) (Japanese), 間諜 (kanchō) (alt: かんちょう) (Japanese), таен аге́нт (taen agént) [masculine] (Macedonian), mata hunahuna (Maori), agent [masculine] (Polish), agentka [feminine] (Polish), agent secret [masculine] (Romanian), та́йный аге́нт (tájnyj agént) [masculine] (Russian), секре́тный аге́нт (sekrétnyj agént) [masculine] (Russian), та́йная аге́нтка (tájnaja agéntka) [feminine] (Russian), секре́тная аге́нтка (sekrétnaja agéntka) [feminine] (Russian), tajni agent [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), тајни агент [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), agente secreto [masculine] (Spanish), agente secreta [feminine] (Spanish), hemlig agent [common-gender] (Swedish), สายลับ (sǎai-láp) (Thai), สายสืบ (Thai)

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          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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          ],
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          "roman": "tájnyj agént",
          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "та́йный аге́нт"
        },
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          "roman": "sekrétnyj agént",
          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "секре́тный аге́нт"
        },
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          "roman": "tájnaja agéntka",
          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "agente secreto"
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          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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          "word": "hemlig agent"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǎai-láp",
          "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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      "roman": "tájnyj agént",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sekrétnyj agént",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
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      "word": "tajni agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тајни агент"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agente secreto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agente secreta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hemlig agent"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎai-láp",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
      "word": "สายลับ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential",
      "word": "สายสืบ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "secret agent"
}

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