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. ); see collaborate ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing collaborator
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Example Sentences
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Barry Blaustein, a longtime collaborator with Eddie Murphy and former ‘Saturday Night Live’ writer who penned ‘Coming to America’ and ‘Nutty Professor,’ has died.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The other most prominent otherworldly collaborator of BNYX’s is Yeat, whom he’d meet a few years later on a Discord channel.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
An artwork plundered by the Nazis from the world-famous Goudstikker collection has surfaced in the family of a notorious SS collaborator in the Netherlands, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand told AFP Monday.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
She emphasises that computer analyses predicting how the molecule would perform, made by her collaborator Kendall Houk at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his team, were crucial to the work.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
She believed that Gene Johnson, her collaborator, had difficulty writing papers.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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