coadjutor

[ koh-aj-uh-ter, koh-uh-joo-ter ]

/ koʊˈædʒ ə tər, ˌkoʊ əˈdʒu tər /

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noun

an assistant.

an assistant to a bishop or other ecclesiastic.

a bishop who assists another bishop, with the right of succession.

RELATED WORDS

colleague, helper, associate, co-worker

Nearby words

coactively, coadaptation, coadapted, coade stone, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadunate, coadventure, coagency, coagent, coagglutinin

Origin of coadjutor

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to co- co- + adjūtor helper (adjū- base of adjuvāre to help (cf. adjutant) + -tor -tor)

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Examples from the Web for coadjutor

Instead of a determined foe of the pale-faces, he became their earnest friend and coadjutor in the work of pacification.
Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians|W. H. Jackson
As it chanced, Philip Hadden was correct in his suspicions of his coadjutor, Maputa.
Black Heart and White Heart|H. Rider Haggard
Providence, however, soon sent me a coadjutor, in rather a singular manner.
The Bible in Spain|George Borrow
I back the policy of the de facto Naval Commander-in-Chief—my own coadjutor.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2|Ian Hamilton

From these causes little progress had been made in our work when I was deprived of my coadjutor.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)|Edmund Burke

British Dictionary definitions for coadjutor

coadjutor

/ (kəʊˈædʒʊtə) /

noun

a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop

rare an assistant

Derived Formscoadjutress or coadjutrix, fem n

Word Origin for coadjutor

C15: via Old French from Latin co- together + adjūtor helper, from adjūtāre to assist, from juvāre to help

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