coauthor

noun

co·​au·​thor (ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər How to pronounce coauthor (audio)
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 noun
or co-authorship
… accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute. Mary Murray

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Giannoulias was a coauthor of the Illinois Food Safety Act, which passed the Illinois Senate and is currently before the House of Representatives. Tired of waiting for the FDA, other states have also acted. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025 Ryan Clark, a coauthor and finance Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas, calls out that even within individual companies, short interest often barely changes when executives start railing against short sellers. Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 The results highlight the need for food safety improvements, Stanton Cope, consumer watchdog associate at PIRG and coauthor of the report, told Health. Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 1 Mar. 2025 Kat Kramer, coauthor of the report and a climate policy consultant for the nonprofit, said the findings, and those of Climate Central, expose the industry’s vulnerability to climate change. Ayurella Horn-Muller, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coauthor

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coauthor was in 1827

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“Coauthor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coauthor. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

coauthor

noun
co·​au·​thor
(ˈ)kō-ˈȯ-thər
: an author who works with another author

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