cryptographer

noun

cryp·​tog·​ra·​pher krip-ˈtä-grə-fər How to pronounce cryptographer (audio)
: a specialist in cryptography: such as
a
: a clerk who enciphers and deciphers messages
b
: one who devises cryptographic methods or systems

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The master cryptographer secured a meeting with the director of the Military Intelligence Corps and successfully petitioned to have the agency rolled into a permanent peacetime entity funded by the State Department and the War Department. Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025 But when designing a new algorithm, cryptographers need to balance security with many other concerns, such as the amount of information two computers need to exchange and the difficulty of the computation required to encrypt and decrypt messages. Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024 This realization prompted Bos to apply for a Ph.D. program in the lab of renowned cryptographer Arjen Lenstra at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2024 Juan Garay, a cryptographer at Texas A&M and a colleague of mine, is currently researching the use of Lamport signatures within Bitcoin. Korok Ray, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cryptographer

Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cryptographer was in 1641

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“Cryptographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptographer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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