correspondent
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French or directly, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
- (Can we date this quote by Hooker and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
- (Can we date this quote by Hooker and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
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, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
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
- (before 1996) korrespondent
Etymology
From Middle French correspondant, correspondent.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: cor‧res‧pon‧dent
Noun
correspondent m or f (plural correspondenten, diminutive correspondentje n)
Related terms
French
Verb
correspondent
- third-person plural present indicative of correspondre
- third-person plural present subjunctive of correspondre
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) correspondent
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
correspondent m (plural correspondents, feminine correspondente)
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