Detective : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Detective	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Detective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detective n a police officer who investigates crimes [syn: detective, investigator, tec, police detective] an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detective \Detect"ive\, a. Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective* officer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detective \De*tect"ive\, n. One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.