correspondent
noun
[ kɒrɪˈspɒnd(ə)nt ]
• a person who writes letters on a regular basis.
• "she wasn't much of a correspondent"
• a person employed to report for a newspaper or broadcasting organization.
• "a cricket correspondent"
Similar:
reporter,
journalist,
columnist,
writer,
contributor,
newspaperman,
newspaperwoman,
newsman,
newswoman,
commentator,
chronicler,
special correspondent,
foreign correspondent,
pressman,
legman,
wireman,
roundsman,
stringer,
newshound,
hack,
hackette,
journo,
newsy,
correspondent
adjective
• corresponding.
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French correspondant or medieval Latin correspondent- ‘corresponding’, from the verb correspondere (see correspond).
