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Webster 1913 Edition

collaborator

col-lab′o-raˊtor

,

Noun.

[L.

collaborare

to labor together;

col-

+

laborare

to labor: cf. F.

collaborateur

.]

1.

An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

Definition 2024

collaborator

collaborator

English

Noun

collaborator ‎(plural collaborators)

A person who works with others towards a common goal.
A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

See also

Translations

person who works with others towards a common goal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 合作者 (zh) ‎(hézuòzhě)

Finnish: kumppani (fi), yhteistyökumppani
Russian: сотру́дник (ru) m ‎(sotrúdnik), сотру́дница (ru) f ‎(sotrúdnica)

person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy

Belarusian: калабарацыяні́ст m ‎(kalabaracyjaníst), калабарацыяні́стка f ‎(kalabaracyjanístka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 通敵者, 通敌者 ‎(tōngdízhě), 合作者 (zh) ‎(hézuòzhě)
Finnish: kätyri (fi), kollaboraattori (fi)
French: collaborateur (fr) m, collaboratrice (fr) f
German: Kollaborateur (de) m, Kollaborateurin (de) f

Japanese: 合作者 ‎(がっさくしゃ, gassakusha), 協力者 ‎(きょうりょくしゃ, kyōryōkusha)
Polish: kolaborant (pl) m, kolaborantka f
Russian: коллаборациони́ст (ru) m ‎(kollaboracioníst), коллаборациони́стка (ru) f ‎(kollaboracionístka)
Ukrainian: колабораціоні́ст m ‎(kolaboracioníst), колабораціоні́стка f ‎(kolaboracionístka)

Latin

Verb

collabōrātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of collabōrō
third-person singular future passive imperative of collabōrō

References

COLLABORATOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)