correspondent

[ kawr-uh-spon-duhnt, kor- ]

noun

1. a person who communicates by letters.
2. a person employed by a news agency, periodical, television network, etc., to gather, report, or contribute news, articles, and the like regularly from a distant place.
3. a person who contributes a letter or letters to a newspaper, magazine, etc.
4. a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, especially at a distance.
5. a thing that corresponds to something else.

adjective

1. consistent, similar, or analogous; corresponding. correspond.

correspondent

/ ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt /

noun

1. a person who communicates by letter or by letters
2. a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country
3. a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, esp one in a different part of the country or abroad
4. something that corresponds to another

adjective

1. similar or analogous

Other Words From

• corre·spondent·ly adverb
• noncor·res·pondent adjective noun
• precor·re·spondent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of correspondent¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin corrēspondent- (stem of corrēspondēns ), present participle of corrēspondēre to correspond; -ent

Related Words

• contributor
• journalist
• reporter
• writer