cipher

🇺🇸 /ˈsaɪfər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsaɪfə(r)/
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noun
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A code used to hide the real meaning of a message by replacing letters or words with other symbols or words.

The spy used a cipher to send secret messages without anyone knowing the true content.

R

A person who is considered to have no importance or value.

In the eyes of her boss, she was just a cipher, easily replaceable.

R

A monogram or emblem made by combining the initials of a person's name, used as a personal or official mark.

The royal cipher was embossed on the official documents to signify the monarch's authority.

translation

n. A code used to hide the real meaning of a message by replacing letters or words with other symbols or words.; A person who is considered to have no importance or value.; A monogram or emblem made by combining the initials of a person's name, used as a personal or official mark.

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Plural ciphers