cryptanalyst
noun
crypt·an·a·lyst krip-ˈta-nə-list 
: a specialist in cryptanalysis
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Mundy, a former Washington Post reporter and New York Times best-selling author, mentioned Nye's cryptanalyst mother Jacqueline Jenkins-Nye in her book Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II. 
Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 Moody stayed with the SIS, as a staff cryptanalyst focused on signals collection in Eastern Europe. Susan Seubert, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2021 It’s the fascinating story of cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman, who took down gangsters and Nazis and laid the foundation for modern codebreaking. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2021 And even though its also rare to find a statue of a male cryptanalyst, there are plenty of World War II soldiers valorized for their bravery with a monument. Liza Mundy, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018 Agnes Meyer was a brilliant young teacher who would become one of the great cryptanalysts of all time. Born in 1889 in Illinois, Meyer studied mathematics, music, physics, and foreign languages. Liza Mundy, Slate Magazine, 10 Oct. 2017 The messages took months to decode, but in 1949 an FBI cryptanalyst discovered that a member of the British Embassy was spying for the KGB. Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 Jan. 2017 In a move that would begin one of the most unusual pursuits in the history of American code-breaking — one that would remain largely unreported until now — the job was assigned to a rising star in the FBI, a cryptanalyst named Daniel Olson. Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2010 The messages took months to decode, but in 1949 an FBI cryptanalyst discovered that a member of the British Embassy was spying for the KGB. Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 Jan. 2017 See More
Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 Moody stayed with the SIS, as a staff cryptanalyst focused on signals collection in Eastern Europe. Susan Seubert, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2021 It’s the fascinating story of cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman, who took down gangsters and Nazis and laid the foundation for modern codebreaking. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2021 And even though its also rare to find a statue of a male cryptanalyst, there are plenty of World War II soldiers valorized for their bravery with a monument. Liza Mundy, Smithsonian, 1 Mar. 2018 Agnes Meyer was a brilliant young teacher who would become one of the great cryptanalysts of all time. Born in 1889 in Illinois, Meyer studied mathematics, music, physics, and foreign languages. Liza Mundy, Slate Magazine, 10 Oct. 2017 The messages took months to decode, but in 1949 an FBI cryptanalyst discovered that a member of the British Embassy was spying for the KGB. Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 Jan. 2017 In a move that would begin one of the most unusual pursuits in the history of American code-breaking — one that would remain largely unreported until now — the job was assigned to a rising star in the FBI, a cryptanalyst named Daniel Olson. Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2010 The messages took months to decode, but in 1949 an FBI cryptanalyst discovered that a member of the British Embassy was spying for the KGB. Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 Jan. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
crypt- + analyst
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above