corespondent

[ koh-ri-spon-duhnt ]

/ ˌkoʊ rɪˈspɒn dənt /

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noun Law.

a joint defendant, charged along with the respondent, especially a person charged with adultery in a divorce proceeding.

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Origin of corespondent

First recorded in 1855–60; co- + respondent

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH corespondent

corespondent , correspondent

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How to use corespondent in a sentence

The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.
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Reached Tuesday, a Sitrick Co. rep confirmed they parted ways with Epstein in April 2011.
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They say it's frightening how the real CIA is perceived to be as clueless as Archer Co.
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Eva Silverman, who co-hosts an Oakland Dinner Party, agrees.
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But probably because we co-edited the Deadline Artists anthologies with our friend Jesse Angelo, we feel a fidelity to the form.
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In this case, I suspect, there was co-operant a strongly marked childish characteristic, the love of producing an effect.
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The conception of the relation of this institution with them as co-operative makes headway slowly.
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Then they were to co-operate with an army moving up from Arkansas, and the State would be redeemed.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
And the Process or Method of study, if it be an Assimilating one, also compels this co-operation.
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The leaguers were now anxious to co-operate with the Americans in compelling the Spaniards to evacuate the Archipelago.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman

British Dictionary definitions for corespondent

co-respondent

/ (ˌkəʊrɪˈspɒndənt) /

noun

law a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent

Derived forms of co-respondent

co-respondency, noun

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