cryptographern.
/krɪpˈtɒɡrəfə/, U.S. /krɪpˈtɑɡrəfər/ An expert in cryptography; a person who invents or solves codes and ciphers.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > conversion into code > one who codes
steganographer1562
cryptographer1641
steganographist1727
cryptographist1821
cryptologist1870
cryptogrammatist1871
cryptogrammist1887
coder1920
1641 F. Kinaston in J. Wilkins Mercury sig. A5 Now..both are grown such Cryptographers.
1837 Sat. Mag. 25 Feb. 68/1 The Calligrapher was so called from writing well.., the Chrysographer from writing gilt letters, and the Cryptographer from writing secrets.
1855 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Sept. 135/2 Mr Thicknesse, a cryptographer in the last century, once received a letter from a lady who tried to puzzle him.
1896 Daily News 3 Feb. 3/4 He has..been very successful as a cryptographer, and published..what is perhaps the only attempt at a scientific method of analysis of ciphers.
1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male ii. 45 The code was developed with the help of an experienced cryptographer.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 280/1 The countries at war [in 1914-18] established numerous intercepting stations..and also a staff of cryptographers.
2003 D. Brown Da Vinci Code (2004) ix. 78 Her eager espousal of Britain's new cryptologic methodology continually exasperated the veteran French cryptographers above her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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