Meaning

2 senses
  1. An assistant or helper.

    an assistant to a bishop

  2. An assistant to a bishop.

    Koadjutor

    коадъюторkoadʺjutor

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
assistant to a bishop:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
assistant to a bishop:

Origin

From Middle English coadjutowre, from Old French coadjuteur, borrowed from Late Latin coad

From Middle English coadjutowre, from Old French coadjuteur, borrowed from Late Latin coadiūtōrem, from co- + adiūtor (“helper”), from adiuvō (“to help”) + -tor (agent suffix). By surface analysis, co- + adjutor.

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Forms

plural: coadjutors
Singularcoadjutor
Pluralcoadjutors

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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