A female person who shares duties and responsibilities as an assistant or helper, especially in official roles.
From Latin coadjutrix, using the Latinate feminine suffix -trice/-trix. This form was preferred in Romance language legal documents and ecclesiastical texts when referring to women in assistant positions.
Different languages had different words for female helpers—'coadjutrice' was the French way, while English used 'coadjutress' and the Church preferred Latin 'coadjutrix'!
French feminine form from Latin coadjutrix, continuing the pattern of obligatory gender marking for female auxiliary roles. The proliferation of feminine forms (-ess, -rix, -rice) reinforced separate categorization.
Use 'coadjutor' or 'assistant' regardless of gender.
["coadjutor","assistant","collaborator"]
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