cryptographer

noun

cryp·​tog·​ra·​pher krip-ˈtä-grə-fər How to pronounce cryptographer (audio)
: a specialist in cryptography: such as
a
: a clerk who enciphers and deciphers messages
b
: one who devises cryptographic methods or systems

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Even the Zodiac Killer's ciphers, which followers of the case and cryptographers have studied for years, may not actually contain many clues. Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024 The search for the creator of Bitcoin has dragged into its orbit a colorful cast of characters, among them Hal Finney, recipient of the first ever bitcoin transaction; Adam Back, designer of a precursor technology cited in the Bitcoin white paper; and cryptographer Nick Szabo, to name just a few. Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024 In the late nineteen-nineties, Back was an obscure English cryptographer known for a contrivance called hashcash, one of the many conceptual forerunners to Bitcoin. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024 To start, Hoback reached out to one of the few people that Satoshi actually cites in his original Bitcoin white paper: the British cryptographer Adam Back, a core member of the 1990s movement known as the Cypherpunks. Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cryptographer 

Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cryptographer was in 1641

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“Cryptographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptographer. Accessed 11 Nov. 2024.

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