correspondent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.

   Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.

2. 2
   adj

   Conforming; obedient.

   ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.

3. 3
   noun

   Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart.

   Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages.

4. 4
   adj

   similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

5. 5
   noun

   someone who communicates by means of letters

6. 6
   noun

   a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

7. 7
   noun

   Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.

8. 8
   noun

   A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Etymology

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.