decipherer

/dɪˈsaɪfərər/
noun
  1. A person who decodes or interprets something written in code, a difficult script, or a confusing form.
    • The ancient scrolls needed a skilled decipherer to unlock their secrets.
    • As a decipherer of old languages, she was hired by the museum.
    • The codebreaker was a famous decipherer during the war.
  2. A person who figures out something that is hard to understand or mysterious.
    • He was a natural decipherer of complex puzzles and riddles.
    • In the lab, she became the team's decipherer of messy data.
    • The detective was known as a brilliant decipherer of human motives.
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