SHAMUS meaning: Private detective, often in novels

We found 23 dictionaries that define the word shamus:

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shamus: Merriam-Webster
shamus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
shamus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
shamus: Collins English Dictionary
shamus: Vocabulary.com
Shamu's, Shamus, shamus: Wordnik
Shamus, shamus: Wiktionary
shamus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
shamus: Infoplease Dictionary
shamus: Dictionary.com
shamus: Online Etymology Dictionary
Shamus (computer game), Shamus (disambiguation), Shamus (film), Shamus (video game), Shamus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Shamus: Rhymezone
shamus: FreeDictionary.org
shamus: Mnemonic Dictionary
Shamus: The Word Detective
shamus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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shamus: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

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shamus: A Word A Day

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

shamus: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
shamus: Urban Dictionary
Shamus: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Shamus)

▸ noun: (US, slang) A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective.
▸ noun: Alternative spelling of Seamus. [A male given name from Irish.]

Opposite:

non-detective, civilian, layperson

Types:

private eye, detective, sleuth, spy, sleuthhound, sleuthing, sleuthing around, more...

Phrases:

Michael Shamus Wiles, Shamus Culhane, more...

Colors:

midnight blue, charcoal, slate gray, olive green, forest green, more...

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