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English Dictionary: correspondent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for correspondent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
correspondent adj similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar" Synonym(s): analogous, correspondent n someone who communicates by means of letters [syn: correspondent, letter writer] a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media Synonym(s): correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Correspondent \Cor`respond"ent\ (-ent), a. [Cf. F. correspondant.] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing. Action correspondent* or repugnant unto the law. --Hooker. As fast the correspondent passions rise. --Thomson. I will be correspondent to command. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Correspondent \Cor`re*spond"ent\, n. 1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. --Macaulay. 2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical. 3. (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.