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 

• HOTEL DETECTIVE (noun)

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)