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noun
1.
a person who communicates by letters.
2.
a person employed by a news agency, periodical, television network, etc., to gather, report, or contribute news, articles, and the like regularly from a distant place.
3.
a person who contributes a letter or letters to a newspaper, magazine, etc.
4.
a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, especially at a distance.
5.
a thing that corresponds to something else.
adjective
6.
consistent, similar, or analogous; corresponding.
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Correspondent
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin corrēspondent- (stem of corrēspondēns), present participle of corrēspondēre to correspond; see -ent
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin corrēspondent- (stem of corrēspondēns), present participle of corrēspondēre to correspond; see -ent
Related forms
cor·re·spond·ent·ly, adverb
non·cor·res·pond·ent, adjective, noun
pre·cor·re·spond·ent, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Berlin was a punctilious and prolific correspondent.
- In fact, this correspondent admits to having habitually left an encrypted laptop running in sleep mode in the past.
- One correspondent has pointed out that the research skills of a graduate student should enable them to work out their likely fate.
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Word Origin & History
correspondent
mid-15c., adj., "having an analogous relationship" (to), a sense taken up since 19c. by corresponding; from M.L. correspondentem, prp. of correspondere (see correspond). Meaning "one who communicates with another by letters" is from 1620s. The noun in the newspaper sense is from 1711.
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