/ ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt; NAmE ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːn-; ˌkɑː-/ noun
1.
a person who reports news from a particular country or on a particular subject for a newspaper or a television or radio station :
the BBC's political correspondent
a foreign / war / sports, etc. correspondent
our Delhi correspondent
2.
(used with an adjective) a person who writes letters to another person :
She's a poor correspondent (= she does not write regularly) .
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French correspondant or medieval Latin correspondent- corresponding, from the verb correspondere , from cor- together + Latin respondere , from re- again + spondere to pledge.