spymaster

noun

spy·​mas·​ter ˈspī-ˌma-stər 

: the head of a ring of spies : a director of intelligence

Examples of spymaster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And in the fall of 2022, U.S. and Russian spymasters met in Turkey to address concerns that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in the war. —Landon Mion, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025

Relying on his newfound fame, the spymaster published Yardleygrams, a collection of cryptologic puzzles designed to teach readers how to become amateur cryptologists. —Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025

Not until 2000, when a video showing the spymaster bribing a congressman was leaked by Montesinos' secretary and former mistress and broadcast. —Cynthia McClintock, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2013

But in Burns—a 33-year veteran of the Foreign Service, only the second career diplomat to become deputy secretary of state, a former ambassador to Russia and Jordan—Biden got a spymaster with an unusual set of skills. —Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for spymaster

• bandmaster
• broadcaster
• cadastre
• disaster
• forecaster
• headmaster
• newscaster
• paymaster
• pilaster
• postmaster
• roadmaster
• schoolmaster