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noun

Correspondent n.

One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.

One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.

(Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.

adjective

Correspondent adj. Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing. "Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law." "As fast the correspondent passions rise." "I will be correspondent to command."

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Etymology of 'Correspondent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Correspondent" Quotes from Famous Books

... was still trembling from the convulsion of a great war, and there were many before him, and he was little known. After a year had passed, he saw that he could not then succeed, and very heavy at heart he set his face eastward again, to toil at his old calling as a correspondent for a great London paper, to earn bread for himself and for the one living ...

— Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) • F. Marion Crawford

... [The London correspondent of a German paper announces that London is on the verge of starvation, his own diet being "reduced to bread and ...

— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 • Various

... take Private Dudley? That's right! And Mrs. Hopwood will take Private Roberts? It's very kind of her, when she's so busy already. We haven't anybody yet for Private Hargreaves. I must find him a correspondent somehow. What is it, Dona dear? You want me to look at your ...

— A Patriotic Schoolgirl • Angela Brazil

... people have seen it. Those bibliographers who knew of its existence assumed that both versions of Uller were the same. It was through a telephone conversation with Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus and correspondent with Piper, that I learned about the Twayne edition and its greater length. Brown allowed me to photocopy his original, for which we owe him a debt of thanks; because the Twayne version is not only novel length, but far better ...

— Uller Uprising • Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

... for Mr. Treherne, and advising him on care against chills in a hot climate, he suddenly broke in with: "Dr. Marmion, Captain Ascott tells me that we shall get to Aden by Tuesday morning next. Now, I was asked by a friend of mine in London to visit the grave of a son of his—a newspaper correspondent—who was killed in one of the expeditions against the native tribes, and was buried in the general cemetery at Aden. On the way out I was not able to fulfil the commission, because we passed Aden in the night. But there will be plenty of time to do so on Tuesday, I am told. This, however, ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

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