coauthor

[koh-aw-ther, koh-aw-]

noun

one of two or more joint authors.

verb (used with object)

to write in joint authorship.

Origin of coauthor

First recorded in 1860–65; co- + author

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Contemporary Examples of coauthor

My job as her coauthor, and more importantly, as her mother, is to let her be herself.
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Noah Charney
November 14, 2012
Orozco is also the coauthor, with Evangelina Hernández, of From Heaven to Hell in a Day (Del Cielo al Infierno en un Día).
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March 6, 2012
But pull it off he did (with the help of coauthor Benjamin Whitmer).
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Lizzie Crocker, Malcolm Jones
January 13, 2012
She is the coauthor of the 2002 book The Mind and the Brain and the author of the 2007 book Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain.
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Sharon Begley
June 1, 2011
She is the coauthor of Sarah From Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar.
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British Dictionary definitions for coauthor

coauthor

noun

a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another

verb

(tr) to be the joint author of (a book, article, etc)

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Word Origin and History for coauthor

also co-author, from co- + author. From 1948 as a verb. Related: Coauthored; coauthoring.