spookmaster

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noun

A spymaster.

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Meanings

nounspookmaster (plural spookmasters)

plural spookmasters

  1. slangA spymaster.

    Jack glances at you sidelong while the middle-aged spookmaster is fumbling to articulate whatever it is he's got stuck in his mind.

    2007, Charles Stross, Halting State
    2 more examples

    […] 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.

    1990, Carol Squiers, The Critical Image

    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 […]

    2000, Gerald Nachman, Raised on Radio

Origin

From spook + master.

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Cite this entry
APA

spookmaster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spookmaster

MLA

“spookmaster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spookmaster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spookmaster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spookmaster.

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