as in adjutant
a person who helps a more skilled person
he was appointed coadjutor to the president
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Recent Examples of coadjutor
Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
By 1997, he was named coadjutor archbishop of Buenos Aires, assuming full leadership of the archdiocese the following year.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Coyne was named archbishop coadjutor on June 25, 2023.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024
Before he was consecrated bishop coadjutor, Bishop Spong served for 20 years as a priest in North Carolina and Virginia.
—Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
Curry, bishop coadjutor, currently assists retiring Bishop Sloan.
—al, 1 Dec. 2020
Anchorage’s former archbishop, Paul Etienne, was appointed to that position in 2016 and moved to Seattle in 2019 to serve as the coadjutor archbishop there.
—Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
Adjective
Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
By 1997, he was named coadjutor archbishop of Buenos Aires, assuming full leadership of the archdiocese the following year.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Coyne was named archbishop coadjutor on June 25, 2023.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024
Before he was consecrated bishop coadjutor, Bishop Spong served for 20 years as a priest in North Carolina and Virginia.
—Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
Curry, bishop coadjutor, currently assists retiring Bishop Sloan.
—al, 1 Dec. 2020
Anchorage’s former archbishop, Paul Etienne, was appointed to that position in 2016 and moved to Seattle in 2019 to serve as the coadjutor archbishop there.
—Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coadjutor
Noun
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Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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An invitation to visit a friend’s family farm in Kenya in 1956 led to an introduction with the archaeologist Louis Leakey, who hired Goodall as an assistant and secretary.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But that underestimates both the level of competition then — being a contemporary of the Big Three is not ideal in that regard — and how few players make the jump from junior prodigy to serial winner.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Two years later, the labor statistics for junior programmers look dubious.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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But this White House is, in some ways, rebuilding the 20th-century model, in which powerful and faceless aides steered executives by controlling paperflow.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Though the two met, the source emphasized that the former aide has no way back into the royal fold after the scandal several years ago.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As the deputy general counsel for the Recording Academy, Rosenbloum led negotiations on the 10-year global television and media rights for the Grammy Awards to be simulcast on ABC, Disney+ and Hulu beginning in 2027.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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First serving as deputy prime minister before becoming prime minister in 2014, Vučić won plaudits for seeking to resolve long-standing tensions over Kosovo’s status as a sovereign country.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Will food aid continue under SNAP and WIC?—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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He and his apprentices host glass- blowing classes on Fridays and Saturdays (reservation required), when guests can make anything from a bowl to a tumbler to an ornament.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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The house’s historical and architectural value comes from its original creators—husband and wife Sheng Pao Sheng and Shao Fang Sheng, both former apprentices of Wright.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The multi-level Pet Palace is home to beloved animal sidekicks from across the Disney kingdom.—
Emily Glover,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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With the first piece of evidence in decades, Karen (Lyle) must assemble an unbeatable team alongside her sincere and lovable sidekick DC Jason ‘Mint’ Murray (Chris Jenks) and the brilliant, but romantically complicated, DS Phil Parhatka (Zach Wyatt).—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Coadjutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coadjutor. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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