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windtalker

windtalker noun: a Navajo codetalker during World War II.

Noun (1)

windtalker (plural windtalkers)

  1. (historical) A Navajo codetalker during World War II.
    • There are alternative forms of code, like using obscure languages: World War II's Navajo “windtalkers” are a well-known case.2004, “Codes and Decoding”, in James C. Bradford, editor, International Encyclopedia of Military History, Routledge, →ISBN, page 303
    • Even when they forced a captured Navajo soldier, who was not a Windtalker, to translate intercepted messages, he could not make head or tail of the stream of words because of the code within a code.2022, Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater, The Language Game […] , →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Windtalker

Windtalker (plural Windtalkers)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of windtalker.

Forms of windtalker

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alternative formWindtalker
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Questions about windtalker

What does windtalker mean?
Windtalker means a Navajo codetalker during World War II.
What part of speech is windtalker?
Windtalker is a noun.
What is the plural of windtalker?
The plural of windtalker is windtalkers.

Words near windtalker in the dictionary

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  2. windsurfing
  3. windsurfs
  4. windsway
  5. windswept
  6. windtalker
  7. windtalkers
  8. windthrow
  9. windthrown
  10. windthrows
  11. windtight

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