collaborator
Americannoun
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collaborators
plural
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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.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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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His frequent collaborator Gabriel Zucman is a vocal proponent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Encouragement from his longtime confidante and collaborator helped the comedian write about the loss of his beloved home before Reiner’s tragic killing in December 2025 alongside his wife, Michele, in Brentwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Schmidt's team worked with collaborator Peter Nagy and his group at the Hungarian National Institute of Oncology in Budapest.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
The private celebration was also attended by cast members Melanie Walters and Alison Steadman, as well as Steve Speirs, a close collaborator of Jones'.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
At Yale, Lawrence’s closest research collaborator was Jesse Beams, another rural Midwesterner—his grandparents had migrated from West Virginia to Kansas in a covered wagon.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Producers typically handle disputes with talent behind closed doors to protect their reputations as collaborators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, co-creator Murphy confirmed he had written a reboot script with collaborators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
To evaluate his framework, Yarahmadian and his collaborators compared its results with laboratory measurements obtained through atomic force microscopy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The descriptor “brilliant” surfaces repeatedly, the verdict of his collaborators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Though they may have been suspected of fraud, at no time were the two youngest Fox sisters caught outright using chemicals, tools, or collaborators.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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