also: ちょうしゃ
Rare, literary term for a spy or undercover agent. In modern Japanese, スパイ, 間諜 (かんちょう), or 密偵 (みってい) are more common.
In old novels, the word 諜者 is sometimes used.
諜者として敵国に潜入した。
He infiltrated the enemy country as a spy.
Rare kanji spelling; the word is more commonly written in kana or replaced by synonyms like スパイ.
Alternate reading ちょうしゃ; less common than ちょうじゃ.
Kana spelling for the alternate reading ちょうしゃ; even rarer than ちょうじゃ.
Compound of 諜 (ちょう, 'spy') and 者 (しゃ/じゃ, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with espionage.