DETECTIVE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | di'tektiv
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| Matching Terms: | | detective agency, detective novel, detective story, detective work
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a police officer who investigates crimes
- [n] an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
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| | Synonyms: | | investigator, police detective, tec |
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| | See Also: | | dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, officer, operative, PI, plainclothesman, police officer, policeman, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound, tracer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\De*tect"ive\, a.
Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting
crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
\De*tect"ive\, n.
One who business it is so detect criminals or discover
matters of secrecy.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a detective in your dream means the thrills and dangers of an aspect of your waking life.
Dreaming that you are a detective indicates that you are searching for your hidden abilities and talents. It also means that you are trying to solve a problem and seek the truth about an issue that is worrying you.
Dreaming that you are being followed by a detective means guilt. Your character will be put under scrutiny and called into question. |
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| | Related Terms: | | asker, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, Bow Street runner, captain, catchpole, catechist, chief of police, commissioner, constable, cop, copper, cross-interrogator, cross-questioner, deputy, deputy sheriff, dick, examiner, eye, FBI, FBI agent, fed, Federal, flic, gendarme, G-man, government man, gumshoe, hawkshaw, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquirer, inquiry agent, inquisitionist, inquisitor, inspector, interlocutor, interpellator, interrogator, interrogatrix, interviewer, investigator, lictor, lieutenant, mace-bearer, marshal, mounted policeman, MP, narc, officer, operative, opinion-sampler, patrolman, peace officer, peeper, plainclothesman, police captain, police commissioner, police constable, police detective, police inspector, police matron, police officer, police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, poller, pollster, portreeve, private detective, private eye, private investigator, prober, querier, querist, questioner, questionist, quizzer, reeve, revenuer, roundsman, sampler, secret agent, Secret Service, sergeant, sergeant at arms, sheriff, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, sleuth, snoop, snooper, store detective, superintendent, tec, tipstaff, tipstaves, T-man, treasury agent, trooper |
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