war correspondent

noun

1. a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.

war correspondent

noun

1. a journalist who reports on a war from the scene of action

Word History and Origins

Origin of war correspondent¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

And VanDyke and Fischer had dinner with war correspondent Steven Sotloff mere weeks before he was kidnapped.

From The Daily Beast

David J. Morris is a former Marine infantry officer and war correspondent.

From The Daily Beast

John Avlon on the war correspondent who never settled for anything short of the truth.

From The Daily Beast

Dutch war correspondent Hans-Jaap Melissen knows Syria and its conflict well.

From The Daily Beast

Gellhorn was the better journalist and war correspondent, a fact that gnawed at Hemingway.

From The Daily Beast

Brodrick's reasons made him feel extremely uncomfortable in offering such a dangerous post as War Correspondent to young Prothero.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps I should have stated ere this that in addition to my duties as a soldier, I combined those of a “war correspondent.”

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Charming associations surround the spot where I foregathered with the great war correspondent.

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The war correspondent's face whitened for an instant, then the colour surged back in waves.

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Presently there was a step behind him and he turned—to look into the face of the war correspondent who spoke first.

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