correspondent

correspondent
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin correspondent-, correspondens, present participle of correspondēre Date: 15th century 1. corresponding 2. fitting, conforming — used with with or to <
the outcome was entirely correspondent with my wishes
>
II. noun Date: circa 1630 1. a. one who communicates with another by letter b. one who has regular commercial relations with another c. one who contributes news or commentary to a publication (as a newspaper) or a radio or television network often from a distant place <
a war correspondent
>
2. something that corresponds

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  • correspondent — I adjective adapted, agreeable, agreed, akin, analogous, answerable, apposite, appropriate, belonging, coequal, coextensive, cognate, coincidental, coinciding, collateral, comfortable, comparable, commensurable, complementary, concomitant,… …   Law dictionary

  • Correspondent — Cor re*spond ent, n. 1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical. [1913 Webster] 3. (Com.) One who carries on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • correspondent — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject: Our correspondent in South Africa sent this report. | the political correspondent for The Times 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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