foreign correspondent

noun

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

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Amanpour has been with CNN for 43 years, becoming perhaps its most famous foreign correspondent, and a staple of its lineup. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026 In March 2023, Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, was arrested by Russian Security forces and charged with espionage. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026 There was a sense among freelancers and foreign correspondents, at the time, that the rebels were open to journalists in ways that the regime never had been, and never would be. — Austin Elias-De Jesus, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026 And just this past Easter, according to the bishops in France, more than 21,000 adults and teenagers were baptized, CBS News' foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reported. — CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign correspondent

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First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foreign correspondent was in 1881

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