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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Correspondent

/(-ent)/ · Cor·re·spond·ent · IPA /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/
01 a. Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.
  1. 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.
02 n. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.
  1. 1.
    One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.
  2. 2.
    One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.
  3. 3.
    One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.(Com.)