coadjutor

Noun

an assistant to a bishop
An assistant or helper.
An assistant to a bishop.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English coadjutowre, from Old French coadjuteur, borrowed from Late Latin coadiūtōrem, from co- + adiūtor (“helper”), from adiuvō (“to help”) + -tor (agent suffix). By surface analysis, co- + adjutor.
The French derivation gave the accentuation co⁠ˈadjutor (used by Samuel Taylor Coleridge), but the poets generally, since 1600, appear to have coa⁠ˈdjutor, after Latin. No Latin *coadiuvō or *coadiūtō is recorded, but in the modern languages words have been formed on these types, suggested by coadjutor.

Scrabble Score: 19

coadjutor: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
coadjutor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coadjutor: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

coadjutor: valid Words With Friends Word