correspondent
Americannoun
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a person who communicates by letters.
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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.
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a person who contributes a letter or letters to a newspaper, magazine, etc.
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a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, especially at a distance.
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a thing that corresponds to something else.
adjective
noun
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a person who communicates by letter or by letters
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a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country
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a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, esp one in a different part of the country or abroad
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something that corresponds to another
adjective
Other Word Forms
- correspondently adverb
- noncorrespondent adjective
- precorrespondent adjective
Etymology
Origin of correspondent
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin corrēspondent- (stem of corrēspondēns ), present participle of corrēspondēre to correspond; -ent
Example Sentences
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He said the same thing almost word for word to an “Entertainment Tonight” correspondent who took the news completely — almost dismissively? — in stride.
From Los Angeles Times
Shelby Holliday, a Wall Street Journal senior video and national security correspondent, will be in the comments space to answer questions.
Fresh explosions were heard across Doha, Dubai and Manama on Monday morning, AFP correspondents reported.
From Barron's
Nakamura is a special correspondent writing for The Times under the auspices of the International Center for Journalists.
From Los Angeles Times
Simon Calder, travel correspondent at The Independent, said those travelling to and from the area would have to wait until it was safe due to the closure of airspace.
From BBC
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