"foreign correspondent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foreign correspondents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreign correspondent (plural foreign correspondents)
  1. (journalism) A reporter or freelance journalist who is based in a foreign country, and who provides news reports and/or commentary from that place. Categories (topical): Newspapers, People, Publishing Translations (reporter based in a foreign country): ulkomaankirjeenvaihtaja (Finnish), Auslandskorrespondent [masculine] (German), Auslandskorrespondentin [feminine] (German), utanríkisfréttaritari [masculine] (Icelandic), corrispondente dall'estero [feminine, masculine] (Italian), utrikeskorrespondent [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foreign_correspondent-en-noun-NbX-xuOV Disambiguation of Newspapers: 82 18 Disambiguation of People: 74 26 Disambiguation of Publishing: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21 Topics: journalism, media Disambiguation of 'reporter based in a foreign country': 97 3
  2. (business, dated) A clerical employee responsible for communicating with an organization's stakeholders in other countries and for processing transactions involving them; a firm employed by an organization to assume such responsibilities. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-foreign_correspondent-en-noun-0TYEyfpx Topics: business

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