codebreaker
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊdˌbreɪkər/
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descifrador
- Mr. Graham learned hacking as a toddler from his grandfather, a WWII codebreaker.
- British codebreaker
- codebreaker during World War
Examples
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Did you find the Master Codebreaker?
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A British codebreaker's diary states that the prime minister was surprised by the attack.
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We get in, we find this codebreaker, we get out.
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Well, we found a codebreaker.
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It sounds like this codebreaker fellow can do everything.
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The 26-year-old codebreaker looked for another.
Academic text (1991) -
As one of the naval codebreakers explained: "It first off involved what I call the staring process."
Academic text (1991) -
Didn't realize that the Navy had so many trained codebreakers.
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Rowlett was a codebreaker; he had charge of the team trying to crack the most secret diplomatic cipher of the Empire of Japan, a machine that American cryptanalysts called PURPLE.
Academic text (1991) -
During World War II, a talented codebreaker helped decipher enemy messages that changed the course of the war.
Synonyms
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A device that turns coded or secret messages into readable language
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A person who studies and breaks secret codes
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A person who decodes secret messages and breaks codes
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A machine that decodes secret messages
A person who reads and understands secret or hard-to-read writing
How Skilled
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Codebreaker is made of two simple parts: code, meaning 'a system of secret signs', and breaker, meaning 'one who breaks'. So a codebreaker is someone who 'breaks' a code to figure out secret messages, which is why it means a person, machine, or program that solves secret or coded messages.