coauthor

noun co·au·thor \ (ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər \

variants: or co-author

|Updated on: 11 Aug 2018

Definition of coauthor

plural coauthors or co-authors

: one who collaborates with another person in authoring a literary or dramatic work, a document, a legislative bill, etc.

coauthors of many books and plays

the coauthors of new legislation

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coauthor

or co-author transitive verb coauthored or co-authored; coauthoring or co-authoring

- … he coauthored legislation … requiring the publication on the Internet of the cost of all federal contracts, grants, and congressional "earmarks,"…
- —Michael Tomasky
- a co-authored book

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coauthorship

play \(ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər-ˌship\ or co-authorship noun

- … accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute.
- —Mary Murray

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Recent Examples of coauthor from the Web

Vilma Barr, an editorial consultant in Philadelphia, was her coauthor.

— kevin riordan, Philly.com, "A Penn degree was no guarantee for women in the Class of '64," 7 July 2018
This is not the first similarity that Julia Clarke, a coauthor on the study and professor at the University of Texas, Austin, has found between dinosaurs and alligators.

— National Geographic, "Why T. Rex Couldn't Waggle Its Tongue," 20 June 2018
Linda Gordon, winner of two Bancroft Prizes and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, is the author of The Second Coming of the KKK, Dorothea Lange and Impounded, and the coauthor of Feminism Unfinished.

— Longreads, "Oregon’s Racist Past," 12 July 2018
Schroedel is coauthor of a coalition report, published in January, about barriers facing Native voters in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and South Dakota.

— marisa agha, latimes.com, "As Arizona approaches midterm election, Native Americans look to increase clout," 12 June 2018
According to Savage and his coauthors, their study provided the first quantitative evidence for universal features in music.

— marcus woo, Smithsonian, "Your Brain Knows What Songs Are For, No Matter Where They Came From," 26 Jan. 2018
Ross, coauthor of the textbook Transplantation Ethics, doesn’t see it that way.

— tom avril, Philly.com, "He had 2 heart transplants. At 43, as a new dad, he needed a third," 13 June 2018
In a recent study published in the journal Science, Brashares and his coauthors reviewed 76 studies covering 62 different mammal species.

— joshua rapp learn, Smithsonian, "Fear of Humans Is Forcing Daytime Animals Into Night Mode," 14 June 2018
Through a lifetime’s worth of letters, photographs, and stories, Sosa and coauthor Kelly Anne Chase paint the portrait of the enduring relationship of George and Barbara Bush.

— Fox News, "'George & Barbara Bush: A Great American Love Story' by Ellie LeBlond Sosa," 1 June 2018

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