noun
correspondent
kor-ih-SPON-duhnt
noun
1
A journalist who reports from a particular place, often abroad, for a news outlet.
"Our foreign correspondent filed the report from the border."
2
A person who exchanges letters with someone.
"He was a lifelong correspondent of the poet."
How to Use Correspondent
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA reporter stationed somewhere to send back news, or simply someone you write letters with.
Common pairings
war correspondent
foreign correspondent
news correspondent
Word Forms
more correspondent comparative, correspondents plural, most correspondent superlative
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin correspondens, the present participle of correspondere — see "correspond".