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coworker

[ koh-wur-ker, koh-wur- ]

/ ˈkoʊˌwɜr kər, koʊˈwɜr- /

noun

a fellow worker; colleague.

Origin of coworker

First recorded in 1635–45; co- + worker

Words nearby coworker

cowlick, cowling, cowlitz, cowlneck, cowman, coworker, coworking, cowpat, cowpea, cowper, cowper's gland

Example sentences from the Web for co-worker

She is incapable of responding to kindness and enquiry, even very gentle flirting on the part of a co-worker.

Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook |Tim Teeman |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Amy Pascal Manifesto: Aaron Sorkin Broke, Sleeping with Co-Worker?

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Alton Nolen decapitated his co-worker and tried to kill another on Friday.

The Muslim Convert Behind America’s First Workplace Beheading |Michael Daly |September 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Imagine every communication with a co-worker had to take place face-to-face.

Confide Is the Best Way to Keep Your Dastardly Deeds Hidden—For Now |Daniel Gross |January 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

A co-worker of mine came to me one day and said the men were really fascinated by my hair.

"Can I Touch It" Gives White Corporate Women 'Black' Hairstyles |Isabel Wilkinson |October 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He who does not so is not Stirner's disciple nor successor nor co-worker.

The Ego and His Own |Max Stirner
"We had been taken in the act," my co-worker told the bench.

The Confessions of a Poacher |Anonymous
I feel that it is half the happiness of life to be able to be a co-worker with him.

Juggernaut |George Cary Eggleston
Garrison and one co-worker occupied one room for work-shop, dining-room, and bedroom.

The Abolitionists |John F. Hume
Whittier was two years younger than Garrison, and he was early a co-worker in the “Liberator.”

The Brothers' War |John Calvin Reed

British Dictionary definitions for co-worker

co-worker

noun

a fellow worker; associate