Coadjutor

Definition: Coadjutor

Coadjutor

Noun

1. An assistant to a Bishop.

Date "coadjutor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Etymology: Coadjutor \Co`ad*ju"tor\, noun. [Latin expression See Co-, and Aid.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Coadjutor

Synonym: Accomplice. (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Auxiliary	Noun: auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante, coaid; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator; coadjutor, coadjutrix; collaborator.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Coadjutor

English words defined with "coadjutor": Coadjutorship, Coadjutrix ♦ Knights companions. (references)

Specialty definitions using "coadjutor": RIBROASTER. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Coadjutor" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Spanish (curate).

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Right Rev. John Hughes, D.D., coadjutor & administrator of the Diocese of New York / J. Penniman ; lith. of Endicott. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Macau	In April the Holy See appointed a coadjutor Bishop for the Macau diocese. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and is even said to have been used in a fable by Georgius Coadjutor, one of the most fastidious writers of the fifteenth century -- commonly, indeed, regarded as the founder of the Fastidiotic School.
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"Coadjutor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coadjutor" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	5	157,705

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "coadjutor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ndihmës (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutant, first mate, gillie, help, helper, henchman, mate, paramedical, second, secondary, servo, sidekick, subsidiary, tutor). (various references)

Bulgarian		помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, aide, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, confederate, help, helper, lieutenant, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary). (various references)

Czech		spolupracovník (associate, collaborator, contributor, cooperator, co-worker). (various references)

Greek		βοηθόσ (aide, assistant, curare, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet). (various references)

Hungarian		segédpüspök (suffragan, suffragan bishop), segéderõ, segéderő (aid), segéd (adjunct, assistant, auxiliary, Famulus, mate, servant, walla, wallah), koadjutor (suffragan, suffragan bishop). (various references)

Italian		coadiutore (assistant). (various references)

Manx		co-chooneyder. (various references)

Pig Latin		oadjutorcay

Portuguese		assistente (acolyte, assessor, assistant, attendant, helper, lady help, look in, onlooker). (various references)

Russian		коадъютор. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pomoćnik (adjunct, adjuvant, aid, aide, associate, auxiliary, call-boy, contributor, deputy, famulus, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, potman, subsidiary). (various references)

Swedish		medhjälpare (abettor, accessary, accessory, adjunct, aid, aide, assistant, helper, henchman, second). (various references)

Thai		ผู้ช่วย (coadjutant, mate). (various references)

Turkish		yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), piskopos yardımcısı (vicar general), asistan (assistant, demonstrator, intern, tutor). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "coadjutor": coadjutors. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Coadjutor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caduto, coajutor. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "coadjutor" (pronounced 'Co`ad*ju"tor'): Abactor, Abator, Abductor, Accentor, Actor, Adductor, Adjutor, Administrator, Agistator, Alienator, Amputator, Archtraitor, Arendator, Arpentator, Assentator, BENEFACTOR, Bettor, Betutor, Bisector, Bivector, Buccinator, Calefactor, Calorimotor, Calumniator, Cantor, Captor, Castigator, Causator, Circumferentor, Citator, Collator, Cornutor, Cremator, Cretor, Cunctator, Curator, Deductor, Delator, Devotor, fetor, Fictor, Flector, foetor, Glossator, IMPOSTOR, laudator, lector, Lentor, Levator, Lictor. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-j-o-o-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: touraco.
	-3 letters: doctor, turaco.
	-4 letters: actor, court, doura, ducat, duroc, jurat, octad, odour, outdo, tardo, taroc.
	-5 letters: arco, auto, card, cart, coat, coda, coot, cord, crud, curd, curt, dart, dato, daut, doat, dojo, door, dour, drat, duct, dura, duro, jato, jota, judo, jura, odor, orad, orca, ordo, rato, road, rood, root, rota, roto, rout.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-j-o-o-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: coadjutors.
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