collaborator

[ kuh-lab-uh-rey-ter ]

noun

1. a person who works or cooperates with another on something; a coauthor, coproducer, etc.:

   She is currently at work on a new recording project with longtime collaborator Greg Timson.

2. a person who cooperates with an enemy nation or force, especially with an enemy occupying one’s country:

   Her book gives a detailed account of postwar Poland’s legal retribution against its Nazi collaborators.

Word History and Origins

Origin of collaborator¹

First recorded in 1800–10; from French collaborateur, equivalent to Late Latin collabōrāt(us) (past participle of collabōrāre ) + -or ²( def ); collaborate ( def )

Example Sentences

Brody’s best awards year post-“Pianist” included Emmy and SAG nominations for playing illusionist Harry Houdini in the History Channel miniseries “Houdini” and a SAG ensemble nomination for frequent collaborator Wes Anderson’s film “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”

From Los Angeles Times

Less than a day after Liam Payne’s collaborator Sam Pounds announced that their joint track ‘Do No Wrong’ would drop Friday, he backpedaled amid fan backlash.

From Los Angeles Times

In the end, his friend and collaborator Rita Ora just spoke from the heart.

From BBC

Less than a day after Liam Payne’s collaborator Sam Pounds announced that their joint track ‘Do No Wrong’ would drop Friday, he backpedaled amid fan backlash.

From Los Angeles Times

“Today I’m deciding to hold ‘Do No Wrong’ and leave those liberties up to all family members,” Payne’s collaborator Sam Pounds said last week in a since-deleted tweet.

From Los Angeles Times

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