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coadjutant

coadjutant adjective: mutually assisting or operating; helping.

Adjective

coadjutant (not comparable)

  1. Mutually assisting or operating; helping.
    • By Thracia's coadjutant and the roar Of loud Euroclydon's tumultuous gusts1706, John Philips, Cerealia

Noun

coadjutant (plural coadjutants)

  1. An assistant.
    • The approaching winter and its coadjutants, rain, snow, and cold, have dictated the necessity for closing the 'Teatro del Soldato' up at the Front.1917, “Musical Notes from Abroad”, in The Musical Times

Forms of coadjutant

pluralcoadjutants

Origin of coadjutant

From co- + adjutant.

Questions about coadjutant

What does coadjutant mean?
Coadjutant means mutually assisting or operating; helping.
What part of speech is coadjutant?
Coadjutant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near coadjutant in the dictionary

  1. coadjusted
  2. coadjusting
  3. coadjustment
  4. coadjustments
  5. coadjusts
  6. coadjutant
  7. coadjutants
  8. coadjute
  9. coadjuted
  10. coadjutes
  11. coadjuting

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