foreign correspondent

noun

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

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Raf Sanchez Raf Sanchez is a foreign correspondent for NBC News. Keir Simmons, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025 Prince Harry was totally focused on the soldier in a video captured by PEOPLE's chief foreign correspondent Simon Perry, who exclusively covered the trip. Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024 Fox’s top foreign correspondent, Yingst has reported from Ukraine as Russia continues to wage war on the country and from Israel in the wake of last year’s attack by Hamas. The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024 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 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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