cipher
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cipher noun
plural ciphers
cipher
noun
plural ciphers
Britannica Dictionary definition of CIPHER
1
technical : a way of changing a message to keep it secret : code
[count]
- a cipher that can't be decoded
[noncount]
- The message was written in cipher. [=the message was coded]
2
[count] formal + disapproving : a person who has no power or is not important
- She was nothing more than a cipher.
