correspondent

[kawr-uh-spon-duhnt, kor-]

noun

1. a person who communicates by letters.

2. a person employed by a news agency, periodical, television network, etc., to gather, report, or contribute news, articles, and the like regularly from a distant place.

3. a person who contributes a letter or letters to a newspaper, magazine, etc.

4. a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, especially at a distance.

5. a thing that corresponds to something else.

adjective

1. consistent, similar, or analogous; corresponding. correspond.

correspondent

/ ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt /

noun

1. a person who communicates by letter or by letters

2. a person employed by a newspaper, etc, to report on a special subject or to send reports from a foreign country

3. a person or firm that has regular business relations with another, esp one in a different part of the country or abroad

4. something that corresponds to another

adjective

1. similar or analogous

Other Word Forms

• correspondently adverb
• noncorrespondent adjective
• precorrespondent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of correspondent¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin corrēspondent- (stem of corrēspondēns ), present participle of corrēspondēre to correspond; -ent

Example Sentences

Four BBC correspondents assess the significance of Wednesday's parade – what it means, why it matters, and what the spectacle tells us about the "new world order".

From BBC

Power and the Palace, published next week and written by the former royal correspondent for The Times, explores the tangled relationship between the royals and the world of politics.

From BBC

He was a well-respected Times veteran who had done stints covering immigration, as a foreign correspondent and Metro reporter for the paper.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of the “specials,” as we wire service correspondents called the major media then, reported that we were fired on.

From Los Angeles Times

BBC correspondents visited key export hubs across India to assess how the trade uncertainties are impacting business owners and livelihoods.

From BBC

Related Words

• contributor 
• journalist 
• reporter 
• writer