Phrase guide

foreign correspondent

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A reporter or freelance journalist who is based in a foreign country, and who provides news reports and/or commentary from that place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: journalism, media

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noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: business

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noun

Meaning 3

a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ulkomaankirjeenvaihtaja — reporter based in a foreign country
  • German: Auslandskorrespondent — reporter based in a foreign country
  • German: Auslandskorrespondentin — reporter based in a foreign country
  • Icelandic: utanríkisfréttaritari — reporter based in a foreign country
  • Italian: corrispondente dall'estero — reporter based in a foreign country
  • Swedish: utrikeskorrespondent — reporter based in a foreign country