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CRYPTANALYST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptanalyst mean?
• CRYPTANALYST (noun)
The noun CRYPTANALYST has 1 sense:
1. decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
Familiarity information: CRYPTANALYST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cryptanalyst; cryptographer; cryptologist
Hypernyms ("cryptanalyst" is a kind of...):
decipherer; decoder (the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text)
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