cryptographer

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  1. noun One who uses, studies, or develops cryptographic systems and writings.

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  • The Army even had its chief cryptographer, William Friedman, standing by, just in case. —  Analog December, 1974
  • RSA, Alan Turing and various related things but since I'm an amateur cryptographer rather than a professional mathematician, you could almost certainly improve them. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. —  KnowProSE.com - Comments
  • While working as a radio operator, flight controller and cryptographer decoding messages, Engleman spied a cute girl and asked her to be his secretary. —  Payson Roundup stories
  • What is the full name of the research partner of a cryptographer who's first name matches the name of a dog on a tv show which has featured a vessel named after the video game played in a movie filmed near the largest city served by the United States telephone area code matching the greatest prime factor of the number of the asteroid named after the person possibly killed by a squeamish ossifrage? —  Planet Ubuntu
 

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