coadjutor

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An extant play on the subject of 'Timon of Athens' was composed in 1600, {242} but there is nothing to show that Shakespeare and his coadjutor were acquainted with it.

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  1. noun A coworker; an assistant. See Synonyms at assistant.
  2. noun An assistant to a bishop, especially one designated to succeed the bishop.

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  • Dennis Schnurr's Mass of Welcome as coadjutor -- or, as one local TV reporter pricelessly flubbed it, statements from this morning's presser are up. —  Whispers in the Loggia
  • An extant play on the subject of 'Timon of Athens' was composed in 1600, {242} but there is nothing to show that Shakespeare and his coadjutor were acquainted with it. —  A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles
  • The idea of having this lovely girl as a coadjutor, to give her sharp wits free play with the harassing minutiae which had not only arisen but were bound to continue to arise as I went deeper into the mystery, was one that filled me with joy After all, doubtless I had been unnecessarily considerate of her feelings. —  The Paternoster Ruby
  • He finally solicited the appointment of the young but tried Bishop of Newark as his coadjutor, and Bishop Michael Augustine Corrigan was promoted to the titular See of Petra, October 1, 1880. —  Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886
  • If I meddle in this matter at all it will not be as your coadjutor, but as your rival My rival Yes, your rival; and rivals are never good friends until one of them is hopelessly defeated Miss Butterworth, I see myself already at your feet And with this sally and a short chuckle which did more than anything he had said towards settling me in my half-formed determination to do as I had threatened, he opened the door and quietly disappeared XVIII THE LITTLE PINCUSHION The verdict rendered by the Coroner's jury showed it to be a more discriminating set of men than I had calculated upon. —  That Affair Next Door
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English coadjutour, assistant, from Latin coadiūtor : co-, co- + adiūtor, assistant (from adiūtāre, to aid; see adjutant).

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  1. from Latin coadjutor, from co-, together, + adjutor, a helper: see co- and adjutor.
 

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/koʊæˈdʒutər/
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