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spookmaster

noun

Etymology

From spook + master.

  1. derived from maistre
  2. derived from *méǵh₂s✻
  3. derived from magester
  4. derived from magister — “chief, teacher, leader”
  5. inherited from mǣster
  6. inherited from maister
  7. compounded as spookmaster — “spook + master”

Definitions

  1. A spymaster.

    • […] the jocular antics of a Hollywood-trained Ronald Reagan during photo ops were let down by the duller visuals provided by a former CIA spookmaster.
    • The original series, which premiered in 1934 and didn't switch the lights back on until 1939, was the brainchild of a near-forgotten spookmaster […]
    • Jack glances at you sidelong while the middle-aged spookmaster is fumbling to articulate whatever it is he's got stuck in his mind.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA