DOUBLE AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double agent mean? 

• DOUBLE AGENT (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("double agent" is a kind of...):

spy; undercover agent ((military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors)