Phrase guide

war correspondent

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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

History

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: oorlogsverslaggever — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Dutch: oorlogscorrespondent — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Estonian: sõjakorrespondent — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Finnish: rintamakirjeenvaihtaja — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Finnish: sotakirjeenvaihtaja — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • French: correspondant de guerre — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • German: Kriegsberichterstatter — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • German: Kriegskorrespondent — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Greek: πολεμικός ανταποκριτής (polemikós antapokritís) — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Hungarian: haditudósító — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Italian: corrispondente di guerra — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Polish: korespondent wojenny — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Polish: korespondentka wojenna — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Portuguese: correspondente de guerra — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Russian: вое́нный корреспонде́нт (vojénnyj korrespondént) — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Russian: военко́р (vojenkór) — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Spanish: corresponsal de guerra — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone
  • Ukrainian: військо́вий кореспонде́нт (vijsʹkóvyj korespondént) — a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone