Copartaker

/koʊˈpɑːrteɪkər/ noun

Definition

A person who shares, participates, or takes part in something jointly with others; a partner or sharer.

Etymology

From co- + partaker (from partake, Middle English, meaning to take a share). The compound emphasizes mutual participation in an action or benefit.

Kelly Says

Copartaker sounds biblical because it appears throughout 17th-century religious texts—theologians used it to describe believers sharing in divine grace or the communion meal together.

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