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BRIDGE AGENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bridge agent mean?
• BRIDGE AGENT (noun)
The noun BRIDGE AGENT has 1 sense:
1. an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area
Familiarity information: BRIDGE AGENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bridge agent" is a kind of...):
intelligence agent; intelligence officer; operative; secret agent (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)
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