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decipherer|dɪˈsaɪfərə(r)|
[f. decipher v. + -er: cf. F. déchiffreur (16th c. in Hatzf.).]
One who deciphers; one who makes out the meaning of what is written in cipher, or in indistinct or unknown characters.
Formerly the title of a government official.
1587Golding De Mornay Pref. 9 Anatomists or Decipherers of nature; such as Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xv. §6 Suppose that cyphars were well managed, there bee multitudes of them which exclude the discypherer. 1715Hist. Register, Chron. Diary 63 John Keil, Esq.; appointed his Majesty's Decypherer. 1863Kinglake Crimea II. xvi. 100 The message came in an imperfect state. Part of it was..beyond all the power of the decipherer. |