INQUIRY AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inquiry agent mean? 

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

1. a private detective

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INQUIRY AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A private detective

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("inquiry agent" 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)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)