coauthor

noun

co·​au·​thor (ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər How to pronounce coauthor (audio)
variants or co-author
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
coauthor transitive verb
or co-author
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
coauthorship noun
or co-authorship
… accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute. Mary Murray

Examples of coauthor in a Sentence

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Ethan Bernstein is the Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration in the organizational behavior unit at Harvard Business School and a coauthor of Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career (HarperCollins, 2024). Hannah McCormack, Harvard Business Review, 4 Nov. 2024 Fred Cohen, assistant professor of medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and a coauthor on the study with Martin, is concerned that the changing climate could directly impact migraine burden. Grace Browne, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2024 The images with the strongest connection related to the transport of jars and cloth, said study coauthor Kathryn Kelley, a research fellow in the department of classical philology and Italian studies at the University of Bologna. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 Brendan Lantz, coauthor of the Council on Criminal Justice report, said guns can quickly turn lesser crimes deadly and having millions more of any kind could help explain the increase in juvenile homicides. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for coauthor 

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of coauthor was in 1827

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“Coauthor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coauthor. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

coauthor

noun
co·​au·​thor
(ˈ)kō-ˈȯ-thər
: an author who works with another author

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