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Definitions for Shamus
[1] a detective.
[2] a police officer.
[3] US slang a police or private detective
Words related to Shamus
sleuth, reporter, agent, spy, informer, prosecutor, fink, eye, snoop, tail, scout, bull, shadow, analyst, cop, eavesdropper, constable, gumshoe, dick, fed
Words nearby Shamus
shamoy, shampoo, shamrock, shamrock-pea, shamshir, shamus, shan, shan state, shan't, shandong, shandrydan
Origin of Shamus
1925–30; of obscure origin, though popularly derived from either Yiddish shames shammes or the Irish male given name Séamas
Word origin for Shamus
probably from shammes , influenced by Irish Séamas James
Synonyms for Shamus
agent, informer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, sleuth, spy, analyst, bloodhound, bull, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, nark, peeper, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow, shoofly, snoop, tail, P. I., Sherlock Holmes, bird dog, plainclothes officer, slewfoot