correspondent
//ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt//
informalForms
- Comparative
- more correspondent
- Superlative
- most correspondent
- Plural
- correspondents
Definitions
1.Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
- Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
2.Conforming; obedient.
- ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.
1.Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.
- Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages.
2.Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
3.A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2996
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Latin, via Middle French or directly
From Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.