collaborator
pronunciation
How to pronounce collaborator in British English:
UK [kəˈlæbəreɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce collaborator in American English:
US [kəˈlæbəˌretɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who assists in a plot
- someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
- an associate who works with others toward a common goal
Word Origin
- collaborator (n.)
- 1802, from French collaborateur, from Latin collaboratus, past participle of collaborare "work with," from com- "with" (see com-) + labore "to work" (see labor (v.)).
Example
- 1. Crick writes to collaborator dr. maurice wilkins and praises the exit of a female collaborator , dr. rosalind franklin .
- 2. If you learn what it takes to be a good collaborator , you 'll also be a good conversationalist .
- 3. The chef , danny bowien , and his collaborator , anthony myint , opened thelower east sidelocation this summer .
- 4. Meadows enrolled on a performing arts course at burton college , where he first met friend and future collaborator paddy considine .
- 5. As a postdoc you will work on someone else 's ideas , and may be treated as a technician rather than as an independent collaborator .