Cor`re*spond"ent (-ent), a.
[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.
Cor`re*spond"ent, n.
1. One with whom intercourse is carried on
by letter. Macaulay.
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.