(n) an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest, Syn. cooperator, pardner, partner, Example:the musician and the librettist were collaborators; sexual partners
n. [ L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur. ] 1. An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. one who willingly cooperates with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]
[周作人, Zhōu Zuò rénㄓㄡ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ] Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅, academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution, See Also: 魯迅, 鲁迅#46385
[资治通鉴 / 資治通鑒, Zī zhì tōng jiànㄗ ㄓˋ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ] A mirror for the wise ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls, See Also: 司馬光, 司马光#48259
[黄兴 / 黃興, Huáng Xīngㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ] Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai revolution 辛亥革命, murdered in Shanghai in 1916, See Also: 辛亥革命#55679