sherlock

sher·lock also Sher·lock  (shûrlk)

n.

A detective.

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[After Sherlock Holmes, detective in stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.]

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sherlock - someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, operative, PI detective - an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public hotel detective, house detective, house dick - a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store inquiry agent - a private detective store detective - a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage