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HOTEL DETECTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hotel detective mean?
• HOTEL DETECTIVE (noun)
The noun HOTEL DETECTIVE has 1 sense:
1. a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
Familiarity information: HOTEL DETECTIVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
hotel detective; house detective; house dick
Hypernyms ("hotel detective" is a kind of...):
operative; PI; private detective; private eye; private investigator; shamus; sherlock (someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information)
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