Cor`re*spond"ent (-ent), a. [Cf. F. correspondant.]
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.
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Cor`re*spond"ent, n.
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.
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