Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person charged with having committed adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit.
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- noun law One of two or more persons against whom a
lawsuit is made; but especially a person charged with commitingadultery with thedefendant in adivorce proceeding.
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Examples
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Don't you think 'corespondent' rather a good generic term for 'man of letters,' from the point of view of the country-town newspaper reader? ...
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Her family were not overjoyed when she decided to become a foreign corespondent.
John Mair: Alex Crawford: Making History in Libya John Mair 2011
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The Vienna corespondent of The Times says perquisitions and arrests continue in the villayet of Adrianopole.
Global Voices in English » Macedonia: Alexander the Great as Media Bait 2009
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Her family were not overjoyed when she decided to become a foreign corespondent.
John Mair: Alex Crawford: Making History in Libya John Mair 2011
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“I could name you as corespondent in the divorce case, you know?”
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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Yet in Dietrich — who was named a corespondent by von Sternberg ' s wife in her divorce action — the director found a lover whose only obsession was with herself.
The Unhappiest Man in Hollywood Scott Eyman 2010
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First he was going to be corespondent, and of course he absolutely adored that.
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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The good news is James Deckert will be a special Major Spoilers corespondent for Planet Comic Con, and should have something special for us over the weekend.
Spider-Man III Opens Huge | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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A Newsnight piece did give half a nano second to the relevant BBC World Service Africa corespondent and he listed it amongst others, but Newsnight left his single comment hanging.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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There was a little dust-up in May 1901 when Flagler, seventy-one years old, was named as a corespondent in a Syracuse, New York, divorce.
Dream State Diane Roberts 2008
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