decipherer
noun
a person or device that deciphers things that are in code, illegible, or otherwise difficult to interpret.
decipherers
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pluralof decipherer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But in a distracted, memory-stunted age, they require new interpreters, curators from different backgrounds and perhaps artists, as decipherers, analysts, able to link the present to the past.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
Leave it for Mr Wriothesley, the prince of decipherers.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
Not to mention enough cryptic symbols, pop-culture references and recurring motifs to keep the online decipherers busy.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2019
Written all over with the characters of the past, and these characters also pencilled over with new characters—thus have ye concealed yourselves well from all decipherers!
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
At all events, there were certain animate objects who were delighted to see us, or we must have been very bad decipherers of the human countenance.
From Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars by T. Robertson
