collaborator
English
Alternative forms
- collaborateur (dated)
Etymology
From French collaborateur.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈlæbəɹeɪtə/
- Hyphenation: col‧lab‧or‧a‧tor
Noun
collaborator (plural collaborators)

French marshal Philippe Pétain was a Nazi collaborator (second sense) who established Vichy France.
- A person who works with others towards a common goal.
- Synonym: team player
- Hyponyms: colaborer, colabourer
- A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.
- Synonyms: turncoat, collaborationist
Translations
person who works with others towards a common goal
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person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy
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See also
Latin
References
- collaborator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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