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windtalker

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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noun

Meaning 1

A Navajo codetalker during World War II.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of windtalker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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noun

Meaning 3

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: codetalker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative

History

Etymology

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