HyperDic: codetalker

English > 1 sense of the word codetalker:
NOUNperson codetalker, windtalkera secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language
English > codetalker: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA 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.
Synonymwindtalker
Broadersecret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operativeA person secretly employed in espionage for a government
Spanishwindtalker
Catalanwindtalker

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