Meanings
noundecipherer (plural decipherers)
plural decipherers
- A person or function that deciphers.
Attempting to translate such ciphers wherever she encountered them was Mrs Touchet’s private delight. Unlike most decipherers, though, she was particularly intrigued when proved wrong.
2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 145
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nounthe kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text
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Italian decifratore
- decifratoreperson who deciphers
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APA
decipherer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decipherer
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“decipherer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decipherer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decipherer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decipherer.
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