correspondent
a person who communicates by letters.
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.
a person who contributes a letter or letters to a newspaper, magazine, etc.
a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, especially at a distance.
a thing that corresponds to something else.
consistent, similar, or analogous; corresponding.
Origin of correspondent
1Other words from correspondent
- cor·re·spond·ent·ly, adverb
- non·cor·res·pond·ent, adjective, noun
- pre·cor·re·spond·ent, adjective
Words that may be confused with correspondent
- corespondent, correspondent
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How to use correspondent in a sentence
What Stewart admires are the “brave correspondents” who cover things like the Arab Spring.
A fine fixer, I had heard from correspondents who knew him, but there had been a problem recently.
Then Stewart turned to criticize Palestinian militants, causing the correspondents to return and yell pro-Palestinian slogans.
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Can any of your correspondents account for it on philosophical principles, or disprove it experimentally?
Can any of your correspondents add to the above names, or throw a light upon their origin?
Can any of your correspondents inform me where the virtuous and patriotic William Lord Russell was buried?
Perhaps some of your correspondents would elucidate this singular oblation.
Correspondents will please accept this statement as an explanation why their letters to him have remained unanswered.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for correspondent
/ (ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt) /
a person who communicates by letter or by letters
a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country
a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, esp one in a different part of the country or abroad
something that corresponds to another
similar or analogous
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