correspondent
English
Etymology
From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
correspondent (comparative more correspondent, superlative most correspondent)
- Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
- 1577, “Constantinus the Emperour Summoneth the Nicene Councell”, in Meredith Hanmer, transl., The Avncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, translation of original by Eusebius Pamphilus, page 225:
- [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
- (with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
Translations
corresponding — see corresponding
conforming
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Noun
correspondent (plural correspondents)
- Someone who or something which corresponds.
- Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
- A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
one who corresponds
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journalist
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See also
- corespondent
- Correspondent in Wikipedia
References
- “correspondent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- korrespondent (before 1996)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French correspondant, correspondent, from Latin correspondens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.rɛs.pɔnˈdɛnt/, /ˌkɔ.rə.spɔnˈdɛnt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: cor‧res‧pon‧dent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
correspondent m (plural correspondenten, diminutive correspondentje n, feminine correspondente)
- A correspondent, in particular a reporter.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: korèspondèn
French
Pronunciation
Verb
correspondent
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) correspondent
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
correspondent m (plural correspondents, feminine correspondente)
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