foreign correspondent

noun

: a correspondent employed to send news or comment from a foreign country

Examples of foreign correspondent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Holly Williams, a foreign correspondent working out of Istanbul for CBS News since 2012, and Mariana van Zeller, a journalist for National Geographic Channel, are both said to remain in contention. — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Read more of foreign correspondent Richard Engel’s account of the funeral. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 July 2026

Copyright © 2026 by Lynda Schuster Lynda Schuster is a former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent who worked in Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

Trey Yingst, the Fox News foreign correspondent, offers dispatches via TikTok. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for foreign correspondent

• despondent
• respondent
• fondant