cryptogrammistn.
/ˈkrɪptəɡramɪst/, U.S. /ˈkrɪptəˌɡræməst/ = cryptogrammatist n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > conversion into code > one who codes
steganographer1562
cryptographer1641
steganographist1727
cryptographist1821
cryptologist1870
cryptogrammatist1871
cryptogrammist1887
coder1920
1887 Washington Post 26 Sept. 2/2 An ingenious cryptogrammist has discovered a cypher in ‘Evangeline’ which proves clearly that John Smith wrote Longfellow's poems.
1929 W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico vii. 90 In peace times the Admiralty had no use for an expert cryptogrammist.
2000 Re: Stuck on Code-breaking Probl. in sci.crypt (Usenet newsgroup) 23 Feb. I suggest..converting the cryptogram to letters, which will be more comfortable for a cryptogrammist to work with.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1887