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Webster 1913 Edition
Correspondent
Corˊre-spond′ent
(-ent)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
correspondant
.] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.
Action
correspondent
or repugnant unto the law. Hooker.
As fast the
correspondent
passions rise. Thomson.
I will be
correspondent
to command. Shakespeare
Corˊre-spond′ent
,Noun.
1.
One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.
Macaulay.
2.
One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.
3.
(Com.)
One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Correspondent
CORRESPONDENT
,Adj.
CORRESPONDENT
,Noun.
Definition 2025
correspondent
correspondent
English
Adjective
correspondent (comparative more correspondent, superlative most correspondent)
- Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
- Hooker
- Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
- Hooker
- (with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
Translations
corresponding — see corresponding
conforming
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Noun
correspondent (plural correspondents)
- Someone who or something which corresponds.
- A journalist who sends reports to his newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from correspondent
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Translations
one who corresponds
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journalist
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See also
- corespondent
- Correspondent in Wikipedia
References
- correspondent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) korrespondent
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cor‧res‧pon‧dent
Etymology
From Middle French correspondant, correspondent.
Noun
correspondent m, f (plural correspondenten, diminutive correspondentje n)
Related terms
French
Verb
correspondent
- third-person plural present indicative of correspondre
- third-person plural present subjunctive of correspondre