coadjutor

[ koh-aj-uh-ter, koh-uh-joo-ter ]

/ koʊˈædʒ ə tər, ˌkoʊ əˈdʒu tər /

an assistant.

an assistant to a bishop or other ecclesiastic.

a bishop who assists another bishop, with the right of succession.

Origin of coadjutor

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin, equivalent to co- co- + adjūtor helper ( adjū- base of adjuvāre to help (cf. adjutant) + -tor -tor)

Instead of a determined foe of the pale-faces, he became their earnest friend and coadjutor in the work of pacification.

Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians |W. H. Jackson
As it chanced, Philip Hadden was correct in his suspicions of his coadjutor, Maputa.

Black Heart and White Heart |H. Rider Haggard
Providence, however, soon sent me a coadjutor, in rather a singular manner.

The Bible in Spain |George Borrow
I back the policy of the de facto Naval Commander-in-Chief—my own coadjutor.

Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 |Ian Hamilton

From these causes little progress had been made in our work when I was deprived of my coadjutor.

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12) |Edmund Burke

coadjutor

/ (kəʊˈædʒʊtə) /

a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop

rare an assistant

coadjutress or coadjutrix, fem n

C15: via Old French from Latin co- together + adjūtor helper, from adjūtāre to assist, from juvāre to help