Definitions for collaborator
col·lab·o·ra·tor

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1. confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crime(noun)

   someone who assists in a plot

2. collaborator, collaborationist, quisling(noun)

   someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

3. collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner(noun)

   an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest

   "the musician and the librettist were collaborators"; "sexual partners"

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1. collaborator(n.)

   one who willingly cooperates with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country.

   Etymology: [L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur.]

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1. collaborator(Noun)

   a person who collaborates

   Etymology: From collaborateur.

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1. Collaborator(noun)

   an associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor

   Etymology: [L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur.]

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1. Collaborator

   Collaborator is an alternate history novel by Murray Davies, published as a hardcover on 19 September 2003 and released in paperback in the United Kingdom and the United States in September 2004. The novel is set in a Nazi-occupied Great Britain in 1940 and 1941. It chronicles life during this period primarily through the experiences of Nick Penny, the collaborator of the novel's title.

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1. Collaborator

   kol-ab′ō-rā-tor, Collaborateur, kol-ab′ō-ra-tār, n. an associate or assistant in labour, particularly literary or scientific.—n. Collaborā′tion. [Coined from L. col, with, and laborāre, -ātum, to labour.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of collaborator in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of collaborator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of collaborator in a Sentence

1. Wash Westmoreland:

   Richard was my soul mate, my collaborator, my life, a true artist and a brilliant man.

2. Michael Orcutt:

   I like to do things the right way, and having these people around gives me all the resources I need, i don’t have to be the smartest tool in the shed. I’m a collaborator. If you outsource, I think you’re giving up control to firms who aren’t necessarily looking out for your interests as much.

3. Justin Timberlake:

   Finally, I want to thank my best friend, my favorite collaborator, my wife Jessica.

4. Shania Twain:

   Right from the beginning, I was not going to collaborate with anybody for this one, this needed to be an independent experience. I hadn’t written by myself for a long time. I was married for 14 years to my collaborator, and I really just needed to do that again. I needed to go back and do that by myself and have an uninterrupted flow of creativity that was insular, to see what I was made of, to see what I have there.

5. Ken Ehrlich:

   We couldn't think of a more appropriate way to honor him than by bringing together his bandmates and longtime friend and collaborator, Jackson Browne, to play an Eagles classic that forever changed popular music, it'll be an emotional moment for many of us -- one of reflection, respect, and celebration.

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