单词 | cipherer |
释义 | cipherern. 1. One who ciphers. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > one who works with numbers accountera1400 arithmetician1557 reckonmaster1570 computator1591 summer1598 computer1613 counter-castera1616 computant1621 accountant1622 logistic1633 numerist1646 cipherera1648 arithmetic1652 computor1669 figure-caster1831 cruncher1971 a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 228 I conceive those figures were Ciphers only, signifying his true age: unlesse perchance the Cipherer..did otherwise mistake it. 2. One who writes or is skilled in writing in cipher. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writer > writer according to system > [noun] > writer in cipher polygrapher1588 cipherer1885 cipherist1902 1885 C. Lowe Life Bismarck I. 526 A devoted band of privy-councillors, secretaries, cipherers, newspaper-hacks. Derivatives ˈcipherist n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writer > writer according to system > [noun] > writer in cipher polygrapher1588 cipherer1885 cipherist1902 1902 Academy 1 Mar. 210/1 Lord Bacon was a literary man using a cypher, and not a cypherist blundering into immortal composition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1648 |
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