ci·pher also chiefly Brit cy·pher 
/ˈsaɪfɚ/ noun
plural ci·phers /ˈsaɪfɚ/ noun 1 technical : a way of changing a message to keep it secret : code [count] ▪ a cipher that can't be decoded [noncount] ▪ The message was written in cipher. [=the message was coded] 2 [count] formal + disapproving : a person who has no power or is not important
▪ She was nothing more than a cipher.
▪ She was nothing more than a cipher.
