collaborateur

Definitions of collaborateur
  1. noun
    someone who assists in a plot
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    complice
    someone who helps another person commit a crime
  2. noun
    an associate that one works with
    synonyms: adjoint, collègue, coopérateur
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    type of:
    associé
    a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
  3. noun
    a person who is a member of a partnership
    synonyms: associé
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    associé
    a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)
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    homme, individu, mortel, être
    a human being
  4. noun
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    synonyms: aide, assistant, auxiliaire, soutien
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    garde, surveillant
    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
    délégué, suppléant
    an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
    jouet, pion
    a person used by another to gain an end
    mannequin, mannequin masculin
    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
    modèle, poseur
    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
    souffleur
    someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
    secrétaire, secrétaire général
    an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
    inférieur, subordonné
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
    compagnon
    one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
    groom
    someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
    courtisan
    an attendant at the court of a sovereign
    conduite, escorte
    an attendant who is employed to accompany someone
    secrétaire de direction
    a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities
    porte-flambeau
    (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets
    aide soignant
    a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
    planton
    a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
    réceptionniste
    a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
    écuyer
    young nobleman attendant on a knight
    sténo, sténodactylo
    someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
    steward
    an attendant on an airplane
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    employé, salarié, travailleur
    a person who works at a specific occupation
  5. noun
    someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
    synonyms: collaborationniste
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    traître
    someone who betrays his country by committing treason
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