n. 1. A coworker; an assistant. 2. Ecclesiastical A subordinate bishop designated as an assistant and usually as a successor to the bishop of a given diocese. [Middle English coadjutour, assistant, from Latin coadiūtor : co-, co- + adiūtor, assistant (from adiūtāre, to aid; see ADJUTANT).] |
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