foreign correspondent

noun

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

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Khalil al-Hayya and Zaher Jabarin were the two targets of the Israeli strikes, Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst said Tuesday, citing initial reports. Greg Norman , Trey Yingst, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Hao, a former AI editor for MIT Technology Review and former foreign correspondent with the Wall Street Journal, brings robust boots-on-the-ground-style journalism to this extensive book—with more than 65 pages of notes and sources. Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2025 Harp is an investigative journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported from countries such as Iraq, Syria, Mexico and Ukraine for a variety of outlets including The New York Times, The New Yorker and Rolling Stone. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025 Daniele Hamamdjian Daniele Hamamdjian is an NBC foreign correspondent based in London. Mo Abbas, NBC news, 13 Aug. 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 21 Sep. 2025.

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