Crossword clues for decipherer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decipherer
Decipherer \De*ci"pher*er\, n. One who deciphers.
WordNet
decipherer
n. the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text [syn: decoder]
a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text
Usage examples of "decipherer".
This consisted of a single letter, known to both encipherer and decipherer, with which the decipherer could decipher the first cryptogram letter and so get a start on his, work.
Maybe we exaggerated a little, to make fun of the decipherers of messages, but there was a message to begin with.
According to Vigenère, the keyword was the clue to the labyrinth of letters: the golden skein the decipherer unspools as he winds his way backwards and forwards.