collaborator

noun

col·​lab·​o·​ra·​tor kə-ˈla-bə-ˌrā-tər 

: a person who collaborates with another: such as

a

: someone who works with another person or group

With our students and collaborators, we have developed … a tool that couples a video camera with specialized computation.

—Frédo Durand et al.

b

: someone who assists an enemy (such as an invader or part of an occupying force)

… the Germans had allies and collaborators who, whether from conviction or perceived necessity, sought a privileged place in Hitler's New Order.

—Robert Skidelsky

Examples of collaborator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Contra Friday was a rough day for perhaps TikTok’s most notable American collaborator, software giant Oracle, whose stock tanked 5%, the worst daily loss of any of the U.S.’ 40 mega-cap companies worth at least $200 billion. —Derek Saul, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025

Foreman’s greatest collaborator and performer, his wife Kate Manheim, who survives him, had stopped acting in the eighties. —Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025

Lanthimos’ long-time collaborator, and fellow Athenian Yorgos Mavropsaridis, won the EFA for best editing the same year. —Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025

Silvain plans to use the compensation to pay legal fees and collaborators. —Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above