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noun
A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: windtalker
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Broader terms: secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative
History
From code + talker.
Across languages
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