Correspondent
/ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.
"Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages."
- 2 someone who communicates by means of letters wordnet
- 3 Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
- 4 a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media wordnet
- 5 A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
Adjective
- 1 Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
"Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law."
- 2 Conforming; obedient.
"ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently."
Adjective
- 1 similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar wordnet
Example
More examples"The correspondent filed a report from Moscow."
Etymology
From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.