private investigator
51private eye — noun Date: 1938 private investigator …
52private eye — /praɪvət ˈaɪ/ (say pruyvuht uy) noun Colloquial → private investigator …
53investigator — [n] person who checks thoroughly agent, analyst, attorney, auditor, detective, examiner, gumshoe*, hound*, inquirer, inspector, plainclothes officer, police, private detective, private eye, prosecutor, researcher, reviewer, Sherlock Holmes*,… …
54private eye — private detective or investigator (Slang) …
55investigator — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inquirer, researcher, detective, tester, inspector, reviewer, analyst, auditor, reviewing board member, prosecutor; see also examiner . Investigators include: sleuth, detective, spy, counterspy, plainclothesman, police… …
56private eye — Slang. a private detective. [1935 40; eye, allusive phonetic rendering of I, abbr. of investigator] * * * …
57private eye — pri′vate eye′ n. Informal. sts a private detective • Etymology: 1935–40; eye, allusive phonetic rendering of I, abbr. of investigator …
58List of fictional private investigators — This is a partial list of fictional private investigators mdash; otherwise known as Private Eyes or PIs mdash; who had appeared in various literature, films, and television seriesTHE SINS OF THE FATHERS …
59The Investigator — (1954) was a radio play written by Reuben Ship and first broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on May 30 of that year. It lampooned the US House Committee on Un American Activities (HUAC) and Senator Joseph McCarthy.HistoryThe… …
60privateinvestigator — private investigator n. Abbr. PI A person privately hired to do investigative or detective work. Also called private detective, private eye. * * * …
