cypher
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See also: Cypher
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cypher (plural cyphers)
- Alternative spelling of cipher
- 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 337:
- Lady Bertram seems more of a cypher now than when he is at home; […]
- 2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:
- I have been critical of the RDG in the past for merely being a cypher for government announcements, but the failure of its members to make a stand on this issue and not be complicit in the Government's subterfuge is a shocking indictment of their failure to protect the industry.
Verb
[edit]cypher (third-person singular simple present cyphers, present participle cyphering, simple past and past participle cyphered)
- Alternative spelling of cipher
Usage notes
[edit]- Less common than cipher, but still used; see The Ultra Secret by Winterbotham, the cypherpunk movement, Strider weapon, and consider the Royal Navy's series of Cyphers (Nr 1, Nr 2, Nr 3, ...) before and into WWII.