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Correspondent

//ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.

    "Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law."

  2. 2
    Conforming; obedient.

    "ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently."

Adjective
  1. 1
    similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.

    "Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages."

  2. 2
    someone who communicates by means of letters wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
  4. 4
    a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media wordnet
  5. 5
    A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.

Etymology 2

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.

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