coadjutor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an assistant to a bishop

WordNet

Co`ad*ju"tor noun
Etymology
L. See Co-, and Aid.
Definitions
  1. One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.
    Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor. Sheridan.
  2. (R. C. Ch.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.

Webster 1913