Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who communicates by means of letters, e-mails, or other forms of written messages.
- noun One employed by the print or broadcast media to supply news stories or articles.
- noun One that has regular business dealings with another, especially at a distance.
- noun Something that corresponds; a correlative.
- adjective Corresponding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the relation of correspondence. Occupying similar positions or having similar relations. See
correspond , 1. - Conformable; congruous; suited; similar: as, let behavior be correspondent to profession, and both be correspondent to good morals.
- Obedient; conformable in behavior.
- Responsible.
- noun One who corresponds; one with whom intercourse, as of friendship or of business, is carried on by letters or messages; specifically, one who sends from a distance regular communications in epistolary form to a newspaper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.
- noun One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.
- noun One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.
- noun (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Corresponding . - adjective
Conforming ; obedient. - noun Someone who or something which
corresponds . - noun A
journalist who sends reports to his newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
- adjective similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
- noun someone who communicates by means of letters
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now, when you call overseas, and if your correspondent is a person of interest, there†™ s a slight chance that your call is being monitored by the NSA.
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The modern slasher movie, like your correspondent, is a child of the 1970s.
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Your humble correspondent is the acolyte on the Epistle side.
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The modern slasher movie, like your correspondent, is a child of the 1970s.
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Miami Herald Latin American correspondent Oppenheimer traveled all over Mexico between 1992 and 1995, and this crisply written, eye-opening report depicts a country in the throes of political turmoil, corruption, peasant rebellions and massive layoffs.
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Miami Herald Latin American correspondent Oppenheimer traveled all over Mexico between 1992 and 1995, and this crisply written, eye-opening report depicts a country in the throes of political turmoil, corruption, peasant rebellions and massive layoffs.
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When the doctor realizes that the hapless correspondent is the perfect subject for his next experiment, he drugs the unfortunate man and injects him with a serum that gradually transforms him into a hideous, two-headed monster.
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The modern slasher movie, like your correspondent, is a child of the 1970s.
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Miami Herald Latin American correspondent Oppenheimer traveled all over Mexico between 1992 and 1995, and this crisply written, eye-opening report depicts a country in the throes of political turmoil, corruption, peasant rebellions and massive layoffs.
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The modern slasher movie, like your correspondent, is a child of the 1970s.
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