'Correspondent' definitions:

Definition of 'correspondent'

From: WordNet
adjective
Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar" [syn: analogous, correspondent]
noun
Someone who communicates by means of letters [syn: correspondent, letter writer]
noun
A journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media [syn: correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman]

Definition of 'Correspondent'

From: GCIDE
  • Correspondent \Cor`re*spond"ent\ (-ent), a. [Cf. F. correspondant.] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing. [1913 Webster]
  • Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • As fast the correspondent passions rise. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • I will be correspondent to command. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Correspondent'

From: GCIDE
  • Correspondent \Cor`re*spond"ent\, n.
  • 1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'correspondent'

From: Moby Thesaurus