decipherer

Other forms: decipherers

Definitions of decipherer
  1. noun
    the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text
    synonyms: decoder
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    types:
    cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist
    decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
    type of:
    intellect, intellectual
    a person who uses the mind creatively
  2. noun
    a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text
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    type of:
    reader
    a person who can read; a literate person
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