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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