One who exerts power, or has the power to act
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another
An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect
The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
Someone who works for an intelligence agency
A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
A person who looks for work for another person
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially one who denounces the majority persuasion.
A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.
Pertaining to or characteristic of a contrarian.