Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who ciphers; one who performs arithmetical processes.
- noun One skilled in writing in cipher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who ciphers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
ciphers .
Etymologies
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cipher + -er
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Examples
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The end of Washington's school-days left him, if a good “cipherer,”
The True George Washington Ford, Paul L 1896
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"writer, printer, or cipherer of the same," was to lose his right hand.
Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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