Meanings
plural cryptologers
- Synonym of cryptologist.
Then chance, in the shape of a baffling testamentary puzzle, threw destiny across her path, and on the assumption that there was room for one professional lady cryptologer in the world Clifton took an office and passed the word round among her friends.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados MysteriesSynonyms: cryptologist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of cryptologist.
Origin
From crypto- + -loger, after cryptology.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
cryptologer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptologer
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