cryptographer

noun

cryp·​tog·​ra·​pher krip-ˈtä-grə-fər 

: a specialist in cryptography: such as

a

: a clerk who enciphers and deciphers messages

b

: one who devises cryptographic methods or systems

c

: cryptanalyst

Examples of cryptographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because Ed actually runs an email list-serve of about 80 cryptographers from around the world. —Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026

Because Ed actually runs an email list-serve of about 80 cryptographers from around the world. —Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026

Harvard symbology professor Robert Langdon teams with police cryptographer Sophie Neveu to investigate the crime, with Langdon thrown into chaos, quickly becoming the murder investigation’s prime suspect. —David John Chávez, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026

Instead, the solutions to an elliptic curve have a far richer structure — one that’s played a vital role in number theory for centuries, and that cryptographers have taken advantage of to encode secret messages. —Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

cryptography + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cryptographer

• biographer
• demographer
• ethnographer
• geographer
• hydrographer
• lithographer
• photographer
• topographer
• typographer
• bibliographer
• choreographer
• historiographer