coadjutant, a. and n.
(kəʊəˈdʒ(j)uːtənt, kəʊˈædʒ(j)uːtənt)
[f. co- + adjutant; on the type of an assumed L. *coadjūtānt-em, pr. pple. of *coadjūtāre: see note to coadjutor.]
A. adj. Helping another or others, co-operating.
| a 1708 J. Philips Cerealia (R.), Tost By Thracius coadjutant, and the roar Of loud Euroclydon's tumultuous gusts. 1830 W. Phillips Mt. Sinai iii. 491 A thousand hands were coadjutant. |
B. n. One who helps another, one of several mutual helpers.
| 1728 Pope Lett. in Swift's Wks. (1761) VIII. 260 The Dean tells me he is a coadjutant of that fool Smedley. a 1734 North Exam. (1740) 198 Oates or some of his coadjutants. |