foreign correspondent

noun

: a correspondent employed to send news or comment from a foreign country

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Before his eight-year stint at CNN, Marquardt was ABC News’ foreign correspondent for roughly the same amount of time. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025 With a background in bilingual journalism, Abby aspires to be a foreign correspondent, with a focus on immigration and corruption. Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2025 Livesay Chris Livesay is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in Rome. Chris Livesay, CBS News, 7 May 2025 Brooks and Horwitz met in journalism school in New York, married not long after and then spent years together as foreign correspondents for the Wall Street Journal. John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign correspondent

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreign correspondent was in 1881

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“Foreign correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20correspondent. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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