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  • noun Plural form of codetalker.

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Examples

  • Navajo "codetalkers" created and memorized a code based on the Navajo language which helped the Marines win the Pacific campaign in World War II.

    Rep. Joe Baca: A Day To Honor Native Americans 2009

  • Navajo "codetalkers" created and memorized a code based on the Navajo language which helped the Marines win the Pacific campaign in World War II.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rep. Joe Baca 2009

  • The third showed 19th Century explorer John Wesley Powell in a boat on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, and the fourth was of Navajo codetalkers - U.S.

    And the winner is... JDsg 2007

  • The codetalkers concocted a goofy, personal version of our language.

    Cyber Way Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • Some codetalkers must have hit on the right phrasing.

    Cyber Way Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • If some hatathli codetalkers made that happen over a hundred years ago, it means you don't need a monitor or spinner to access the web.

    Cyber Way Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • The men fight bravely, rarely using the skills of the codetalkers.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

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