Cryptographer

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  • noun. One who uses, studies, or develops cryptographic systems and writings.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.
  • noun. one who studies methods for encoding and decoding messages; one who studies cryptography.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who is an expert on creating codes and cyphers. Someone who studies cryptology.
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  • noun. decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
  • Word Usage
    "This was important to Schneier, who in addition to being America's best-known ex-cryptographer is a food writer for an alternative newspaper in Minneapolis, where he lives."
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