correspondent

[ kawr-uh-spon-duhnt, kor- ]
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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.

  1. a person who contributes a letter or letters to a newspaper, magazine, etc.

  2. a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, especially at a distance.

  3. a thing that corresponds to something else.

adjective
  1. consistent, similar, or analogous; corresponding.

Origin of correspondent

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin corrēspondent- (stem of corrēspondēns), present participle of corrēspondēre to correspond; see -ent

Other words from correspondent

  • cor·re·spond·ent·ly, adverb
  • non·cor·res·pond·ent, adjective, noun
  • pre·cor·re·spond·ent, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for correspondent

correspondent

/ (ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt) /


noun
  1. a person who communicates by letter or by letters

  2. a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country

  1. a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, esp one in a different part of the country or abroad

  2. something that corresponds to another

adjective
  1. similar or analogous

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