Meaning

noun the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

noun a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text

originEtymology tree English decipher Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English decipherer From decipher + -er.

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