decipherer
- a word derived from decipher.
Example Sentences
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This is a monumental work by American conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth that pays homage to the town’s native son and hieroglyphics decipherer, Jean-François Champollion.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
He makes better decisions at the line of scrimmage, where he’s still the league’s best decipherer of defenses.
From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2016
A dead world has been called again to life by the spade of the excavator and the patient labour of the decipherer.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The decipherer of the coat of arms had ventured up the lowest step, and shrinking back immediately, pale and tremulous, affirmed that the torch was held by the very image of old Caesar.
From The White Old Maid (From "Twice Told Tales") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Familiarity with the composition of the language will suggest numerous other points that are of value to the decipherer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various