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

In 2010, Jianxin Ma, a professor of agronomy, and his collaborators built the first reference genome for soybeans on the widely studied Williams 82 variety.

From Science Daily

Shears went on to thank his family, friends, collaborators — and the show’s eponymous evangelist, whose life rights John and his husband, David Furnish, acquired 12 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Payne’s collaborator, music producer Sam Pounds, also walked back the release of the singer’s posthumous single “Do No Wrong” amid fan outcry.

From Los Angeles Times

A larger group of collaborators doesn’t mean Zilbalodis’ influence isn’t felt throughout the film, however.

From Los Angeles Times

In a separate paper, also published in Nature Genetics, he and his collaborators demonstrated the promise of this approach and reported associations between specific metabolites and conditions including Parkinson's disease, diabetes and dementia.

From Science Daily

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