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Definition of Cipherers
1. cipherer [n] - See also: cipherer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cipherers
Literary usage of Cipherers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Military Telegraph During the Civil War in the United States: With an by William Rattle Plum (1882)
"Consequently on the 30th of November, all operators not employed upon strictly
military lines and not retained at chief cities as cipherers were discharged. ..."
2. The Baptist Magazine by Baptist Missionary Society (1824)
"liters, 1U, cipherers, 10. July 7th.—Having borrowed a horse of a friend at Dunmanway
... cipherers, 3. 8 children repeated 3 chapters. 6 '•••.. 4 ditto. ..."
3. Manual of the System of Primary Instruction: Pursued in the Model Schools of by British and Foreign School Society (1839)
"The monitor of arithmetic gives the command " cipherers," " Hands down," ...
The cipherers are led back to the seats, the same commands being used as on ..."
4. Looking Backward, 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy (1917)
"they would tell me, for they were very close cipherers, that I had been dreaming;
nor would they ever believe anything else. ..."
5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1900)
"Of forty-five " cipherers" fourteen were girls. In Haverhill in 1790, from May
to September, one hour each in the forenoon and the afternoon was specially ..."
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