correspondent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who communicates by means of letters
    letter writer.
  2. noun a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
    newspaperman; newswriter; pressman; newspaperwoman.
  3. adjective satellite similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
    analogous.
    • brains and computers are often considered analogous
    • salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar

WordNet

Cor`re*spond"ent adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. correspondant.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Cor`re*spond"ent noun
Definitions
  1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. Macualay.
  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.

Webster 1913