Noun: correspondent ,kor-u'spón-dunt or ,kór-i'spón-dunt [N. Amer], ,kó-ri'spón-dunt [Brit]
- Someone who communicates by means of letters
"The prolific correspondent maintained correspondence with friends around the world";
- letter writer
- A journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
"The veteran correspondent covered major political events for decades";
- newswriter
- Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
"brains and computers are often considered correspondent";
- analogous
Derived forms: correspondents
See also: similar
Type of: communicator, journalist, journo [Brit, informal], scribbler [informal], scribe [informal]
Encyclopedia: Correspondent