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correspondent

/ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/ adjective C1
  1. Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
  2. Conforming; obedient.
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“‘By a banker of Paris, my correspondent.’
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 883 · C1
You are bound to leave something to the intelligence of your correspondent.
The Valley of Fear, p. 9 · C1
He has a passion also for Indian animals, which are sent over to him by a correspondent, and he has at this moment a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds and are feared by the villagers almost as much as their master.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 41 · B2
I used to have a correspondent—he is dead now—old Dr.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 77 · B2

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