Assistant+coadjutor

  • 1assistant — n Assistant, helper, coadjutor, aid, aide, aide de camp all denote persons who take over part of the duties of another, especially in a subordinate capacity. Assistant is applicable to a person who meets this description, regardless of the status …

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  • 2Coadjutor — Co ad*ju tor, n. [L. See {Co} , and {Aid}.] 1. One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker. [1913 Webster] Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor. Sheridan. [1913 Webster] 2. (R. C. Ch.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a… …

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  • 3coadjutor — [kō aj′ə tər; ] also, and for 2 usually [, kō΄ə jo͞ot′ər] n. [ME < OFr coadjuteur < LL coadjutor < L co , together + adjutor, assistant < adjuvare: see AID] 1. an assistant; helper 2. a person, often another bishop, appointed to… …

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  • 4coadjutor — index abettor, assistant, associate, backer, coactor, coadjutant, coconspirator, cohort, colleague …

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  • 5coadjutor — *assistant, helper, aid, aide, aide de camp …

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  • 6assistant — I noun abettor, accessory, accomplice, adiutor, adiutrix, adjutant, adjuvant, advocate, agent, aide, aide de camp, aider, apprentice, associate, backer, champion, clerk, coadjutor, coaid, collaborator, colleague, confederate, confrere, cooperator …

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  • 7assistant — [n] helper abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, associate, attendant, auxiliary, backer, backup*, coadjutant, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, confederate, cooperator, deputy, fellow… …

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  • 8Coadjutor bishop — A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co bishop of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, co …

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  • 9coadjutor — noun /kəʊəˈdʒuːtə,kəʊˈædʒʊtə/ a) An assistant or helper. The mountaineer, with all his pulses aquiver, looked down into his coadjutor’s white, startled face. b) An assistant to a bishop. When old age rendered any Bishop unable to perform his… …

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  • 10coadjutor — n. an assistant, esp. an assistant bishop. Etymology: ME f. OF coadjuteur f. LL coadjutor (as CO , adjutor f. adjuvare jut help) …

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