collaborator
Americannoun
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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.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of collaborator
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
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Jung and Clarke, along with their collaborators, then spent more than a year studying the anatomy in detail.
From Science Daily
Key contributions came from collaborators at Janelia Research Campus in Virginia, including specialists in fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and 3D super-resolution imaging.
From Science Daily
Along with her distinctive voice, Robyn has great taste in collaborators.
The study also included collaborators from UC Berkeley and Stanford University.
From Science Daily
“She Knows Too Much” has a touching cameo from his late friend and frequent collaborator Mac Miller.
From Los Angeles Times
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