1. People who gather, collect, or report information or news; informants or spies.
Usage: Plural of intelligencer; Archaic or historical usage, particularly in reference to spies or secret agents

Examples

• The king employed intelligencers throughout the kingdom to monitor dissent.
• During the war, intelligencers were sent behind enemy lines to gather tactical information.
• The network of intelligencers provided the government with crucial intelligence about the conspiracy.
• Historical records show that Elizabethan intelligencers played a vital role in protecting the realm.
• The spy agency recruited experienced intelligencers from military backgrounds.