Wiktionary
codetalker
n. A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
WordNet
codetalker
n. a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II [syn: windtalker]
Usage examples of "codetalker".
If some hatathli codetalkers made that happen over a hundred years ago, it means you don't need a monitor or spinner to access the web.
During preparations for World War II, the Signal Corps tested Comanches and Indians from Michigan and Wisconsin in war games, but most of the codetalkers in the combat itself were Navaho.
The number of Navaho codetalkers in the Marines rose from 30 at the start of the war to 420 at the end.