correspondent
1. cor.re.spon.dent \.ko.r-*-'spa:n-d*nt, .ka:r-\ aj [ME, fr. MF or ML; MF, fr. ML correspondent-, correspondens, prp. o]f corresponde-re 1: SIMILAR 2: CONFORMING, FITTING 2. correspondent n 1: something that corresponds 2a: one who communicates with another by letter 2b: one who has regular commercial relations with another 2c: one who contributes news or comment to a newspaper often from a distant place