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

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1. confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crimenoun

   someone who assists in a plot

2. collaborator, collaborationist, quislingnoun

   someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

3. collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardnernoun

   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. collaboratornoun

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

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1. collaboratornoun

   a person who collaborates

2. Etymology: From collaborateur.

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1. Collaboratornoun

   an associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor

2. 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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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Steve Latshaw:

   Jimmie was my teacher, mentor, close friend and collaborator for 26 years, i directed two of his feature films, including the recent 'Return of the Killer Shrews,' a sequel he co-wrote and was quite proud of as he had made the first one more than 50 years earlier.

2. Wash Westmoreland:

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

3. Justin Timberlake:

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

4. 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.

5. Francis Ford Coppola:

   Jimmy was someone who stretched through my life longer and closer than any motion picture figure I’ve ever known, from those earlier times working together on ‘The Rain People’ and throughout all the milestones of my life, his films and the many great roles he played will never be forgotten. He will always be my old friend from Sunnyside, my collaborator and one of the funniest people I’ve ever known.

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