foreign correspondent

noun

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

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Although Hemingway had been somewhat happily employed by the Toronto Star Weekly as a foreign correspondent since 1921, in 1923 he was unhappily transferred to feature writing for the Toronto Daily Star under the notorious Hindmarsh. —

Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 6 Jan. 2025 Raf Sanchez Raf Sanchez is a foreign correspondent for NBC News. —

Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024 Among the distinguished professionals interviewed for the special print issue is CNN foreign correspondent Clarissa Ward, who’s reported from conflict zones all over the world, including, most recently, the battlefields of Ukraine and Gaza. —

William Earl, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024 The 93-year-old Dan Rather spent 44 years with CBS News, as a bureau chief, war correspondent, foreign correspondent and White House correspondent. —

Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2024 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 20 Jan. 2025.

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