correspondent
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L335656 on Wikidata ↗noun
- journalist contributing reports from a remote location
- author of literature letters
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/ / /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/ / /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɔn.dənt/
adj
Etymology: From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.
- Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
“Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.”
“[VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.”
- Conforming; obedient.
“ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.”
noun
Etymology: From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.
- Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.
“Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages.”
- Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
- A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.