noun
1. archaic : confidential and publicly unacknowledged service to a government
2. : a government detective or intelligence department
secret service men begin to guard a United States president as soon as he is known to be elected
noun
1. archaic : confidential and publicly unacknowledged service to a government
2. : a government detective or intelligence department
secret service men begin to guard a United States president as soon as he is known to be elected
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012