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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Correspondent \Cor`re*spond"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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: correspondent adj : similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous; "surimi is marketed as analogous to crabmeat" [syn: {analogous}] n 1: someone who communicates by means of letters [syn: {letter writer}] 2: a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media [syn: {newspaperman}, {newspaperwoman}, {newswriter}, {pressman}]
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