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collaborator
CIDE DICTIONARY
collaborator, n. [L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur.].
- An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor. [1913 Webster]
- one who willingly cooperates with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [PJC]
THESAURUS
collaborator
Trojan horse, advertising writer, annalist, apostate, art critic, author, authoress, backslider, belletrist, bibliographer, bolter, coauthor, collaborationist, columnist, compiler, composer, convert, copywriter, creative writer, critic, crypto, dance critic, defector, deserter, diarist, drama critic, dramatist, encyclopedist, essayist, fellow traveler, fifth column, fifth columnist, fraternizer, free lance, free-lance writer, ghost, ghostwriter, humorist, inditer, literary artist, literary craftsman, literary critic, literary man, litterateur, logographer, magazine writer, man of letters, monographer, mugwump, music critic, newspaperman, novelettist, novelist, pamphleteer, penwoman, poet, prose writer, proselyte, quisling, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, reviewer, runagate, saboteur, scenario writer, scenarist, schismatic, scribe, scriptwriter, seceder, secessionist, security risk, separatist, short-story writer, storyteller, strikebreaker, subversive, technical writer, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, underground, word painter, wordsmith, writerROGET THESAURUS
collaborator
Auxiliary
N auxiliary, recruit, assistant, adjuvant, adjutant, ayudante, coaid, adjunct, help, helper, help mate, helping hand, midwife, colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator, coadjutor, coadjutrix, collaborator, ally, friend, confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego, confederate, accomplice, complice, accessory, accessory after the fact, particeps criminis, socius criminis, aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal, right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer, candle- holder, bottle-holder, handmaid, servant, puppet, cat's-paw, jackal, tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee, satellite, adherent, votary, sectarian, secretary, seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator, angel (theater, entertainment), friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius.For further exploring for "collaborator" in Webster Dictionary Online