cipher (cypher)

cipher (cypher)
1 noun (C)
1 a system of secret writing; code 1 (4)
2 someone who is not important and has no power or influence: a mere cypher
3 literary the number 0; zero
2 verb (T) to put a message into code (=a system of secret writing) -compare decipher

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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