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co-operator|kəʊˈɒpəreɪtə(r)|
[a. L. cooperātor fellow-worker (Vulgate), agent-n. from cooperārī to co-operate. So F. coopérateur (16th c.).]
1. One who co-operates with another or others; a fellow-worker.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. vi. §11 God the author..and man a cooperator by him assigned to work for, with, and under him. a1677Barrow Serm. (1686) I. xii. 169 They are..Co-operatours with God. 1789Hist. in Ann. Reg. 8 They were styled the adjutants, co-operators, and administrators of the public weal. 1835Arnold Let. in Stanley Life & Corr. (1844) II. viii. 16 The cooperators with whom I may possibly have to work. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea xi. §507 The plan which is followed by Captain Ginn..one of our co-operators.
2. A member of a co-operative society; one who practises industrial co-operation.
1863Q. Rev. CXIV. 438 The opinion is growing among the London co-operators that the system, etc. 1884Century Mag. XXVIII. 134 The Cooperators, who form the other great branch of the industrial movement in England. |