cryptologist

Other forms: cryptologists

Definitions of cryptologist
  1. noun
    decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
    synonyms: cryptanalyst, cryptographer
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    type of:
    decipherer, decoder
    the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text
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