coauthor

noun

co·​au·​thor (ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər 

variants or co-author

plural coauthors or co-authors

: one who collaborates with another person in authoring a literary or dramatic work, a document, a legislative bill, etc.

coauthors of many books and plays

the coauthors of new legislation

coauthor transitive verb

or co-author

coauthored or co-authored; coauthoring or co-authoring

… he coauthored legislation … requiring the publication on the Internet of the cost of all federal contracts, grants, and congressional "earmarks,"…

—Michael Tomasky

a co-authored book

coauthorship

(ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər-ˌship 

noun

or co-authorship

… accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute.

—Mary Murray

Examples of coauthor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Goldberg is the coauthor of a recent study about the impact weather-balloon debris is having on seabirds and marine animals. —Danielle Beurteaux, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024

Merrill and his coauthors discovered plastic debris in the water has an acoustic signature similar to that of dead squid, the primary prey for certain whale species that use sound waves to hunt for food. —Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024

Hsiang and his coauthor initially thought their results were wrong. —Andrew Freedman, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024

Searles, coauthor of What the Bears Know, also advised that people should never run from a bear encounter. —Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

coauthor

noun

co·​au·​thor

(ˈ)kō-ˈȯ-thər

: an author who works with another author