"war correspondent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: war correspondents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} war correspondent (plural war correspondents)
  1. A journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone. Wikipedia link: war correspondent Translations (a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone): oorlogsverslaggever [masculine] (Dutch), oorlogscorrespondent [masculine] (Dutch), sõjakorrespondent (Estonian), rintamakirjeenvaihtaja (Finnish), sotakirjeenvaihtaja (Finnish), correspondant de guerre [masculine] (French), Kriegsberichterstatter [masculine] (German), Kriegskorrespondent [masculine] (German), πολεμικός ανταποκριτής (polemikós antapokritís) [masculine] (Greek), haditudósító (Hungarian), corrispondente di guerra [masculine] (Italian), korespondent wojenny [masculine] (Polish), korespondentka wojenna [feminine] (Polish), correspondente de guerra [masculine] (Portuguese), вое́нный корреспонде́нт (vojénnyj korrespondént) [masculine] (Russian), военко́р (vojenkór) [masculine] (Russian), corresponsal de guerra [masculine] (Spanish), військо́вий кореспонде́нт (vijsʹkóvyj korespondént) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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