Correspondent (-ent), a.
Etymology: [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.
1 other Webster entry under this spelling
Correspondent, 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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for correspondent; he lists it under synonymous.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Antonyms
none given