codetalker
codetalker · codetalkers
A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure languageA military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
Meaning
1 sensesA military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
More definitions
- 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
Origin
From code + talker.From code + talker.
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Forms
plural: codetalkersSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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:windtalker