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Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff but is nonetheless a brilliant spymaster in his own smelly way.
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Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
In the pilot, River spectacularly bungles a training exercise but is protected by the fact that his grandfather, David Cartwright (Jonathan Pryce), had been an accomplished spymaster.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Sarah Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe.
—Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
Webb has been passing on her politician husband’s secrets to a shadowy group, the Black Doves, and her spymaster (Sarah Lancashire) calls in an old friend (Ben Whishaw) to help investigate who assassinated her lover.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
In the pilot, River spectacularly bungles a training exercise but is protected by the fact that his grandfather, David Cartwright (Jonathan Pryce), had been an accomplished spymaster.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Sarah Lancashire), calls in Helen’s old friend Sam (Whishaw) to keep her safe.
—Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
Webb has been passing on her politician husband’s secrets to a shadowy group, the Black Doves, and her spymaster (Sarah Lancashire) calls in an old friend (Ben Whishaw) to help investigate who assassinated her lover.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spymaster
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The British family that has steered the James Bond franchise for more than 60 years, zealously protecting the superspy from the indignities of Hollywood strip mining, has agreed to relinquish control to Amazon.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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His character is described as a retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son, and finds himself in proximity with his archrival.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Ukrainian soldiers began to see Russian civilians as a hindrance — or worse, as potential informers who could give away their positions.—
Ekaterina Bodyagina Nanna Heitmann,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The arrests were part of wide-ranging Establishment attacks on the new generation of pop stars in Britain at the time, done through connivance with informers and a hostile conservative media.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Sep. 2019
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This wasn’t difficult to do, and the U.S. reacted with defensive measures, deploying FBI counterspies throughout the hemisphere.—
Nicholas Reynolds,
WSJ,
24 Oct. 2018
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First came Witness by the American journalist Whittaker Chambers, a former communist and Soviet spy who eventually broke with the party and became a political conservative.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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The titular protagonist is a former military spy turned maverick detective and, importantly, bookshop owner.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Spymaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spymaster. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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