Noun
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Source: WordNetI am used to being mistaken for Miriam Margolyes; Private Eye noticed that, and once I was even taken for Gertrude Stein. But that was at Chelsea Flower Show where uncertainty of identity is in the air. Tom Baker
A crime investigation—by a private eye, a police detective (sometimes acting alone), or a concerned amateur—is the most prevalent, but far from dominant, basic plot. Source: Internet
A former racecar driver, licensed pilot, animal rescuer, endurance cyclist, and occasional private eye, is also an accomplished author with more than 150 published stories and articles under his belt. Source: Internet
A lot of Jack Reacher’s DNA can be traced to Spillane’s hardcase veteran of the Second World War who operates as avenger as much as private eye. Source: Internet
Ballinger and Graydon (2007), p. 279. Between 1983 and 1989, Mickey Spillane 's hardboiled private eye Mike Hammer was played with wry gusto by Stacy Keach in a series and several stand-alone television films (an unsuccessful revival followed in 1997–98). Source: Internet
In the 1930s, the private eye genre was adopted wholeheartedly by American writers. Source: Internet