correspondent

²correspondent

noun

Definition of CORRESPONDENT

1

a : one who communicates with another by letter b : one who has regular commercial relations with another c : one who contributes news or commentary to a publication (as a newspaper) or a radio or television network often from a distant place <a war correspondent>

2

: something that corresponds

Examples of CORRESPONDENT

1. When writing to business correspondents, use a formal tone.
2. <a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup>

First Known Use of CORRESPONDENT

circa 1630

Related to CORRESPONDENT

Synonyms: reporter, intelligencer, journalist, newshound, newsman, newsperson, pressman [British]

Related Words: announcer, broadcaster, newscaster, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswoman; anchor, anchorman, anchorperson, anchorwoman; byliner, columnist, commentator; copyreader, editor; muckraker, photojournalist, police reporter, sportswriter, staffer, stringer

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factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith