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cryptographist

cryptographist noun: a cryptographer.

Noun

cryptographist (plural cryptographists)

  1. (rare) A cryptographer.
    • Good cryptographists are rare indeed; and thus their services, although seldom required, are necessarily well requited.1841, Edgar Allan Poe, A Few Words on Secret Writing

Forms of cryptographist

pluralcryptographists

Origin of cryptographist

From cryptograph + -ist.

Questions about cryptographist

What does cryptographist mean?
Cryptographist means a cryptographer.
What part of speech is cryptographist?
Cryptographist is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptographist?
The plural of cryptographist is cryptographists.

Words near cryptographist in the dictionary

  1. cryptographical
  2. cryptographically
  3. cryptographics
  4. cryptographies
  5. cryptographing
  6. cryptographist
  7. cryptographists
  8. cryptographs
  9. cryptography
  10. cryptohalite
  11. cryptojack

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