- cooperator
- nounan associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest-
the musician and the librettist were collaborators
-sexual partners
• Syn: ↑collaborator, ↑partner, ↑pardner• Derivationally related forms: ↑partnership (for: ↑partner), ↑partner (for: ↑partner), ↑cooperate, ↑collaborate (for: ↑collaborator)• Hypernyms: ↑associate• Hyponyms: ↑bridge partner, ↑dancing partner* * *
\\kōˈäpəˌrād.ə(r), -ātə- also (ˈ)kō|ä-\ noun (-s)Etymology: Late Latin, from cooperatus + -or — more at cooperate1. : one that cooperates:a. : coworker, colleague, collaboratorthe cooperators with whom he worked
b. : one who follows with thoroughness the directions or suggestions of a government, governmental agency, or political partysoil conservation programs gaining more cooperators
2. : a member of a cooperative : an advocate of cooperative principles and practices
Useful english dictionary. 2012.