Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - correspondent

 I. adjective  Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin ~-, correspondens, present participle of correspondere  Date: 15th century  1. corresponding  2. fitting, conforming — used with with or to the outcome was entirely ~ with my wishes  II. noun  Date: circa 1630  1.  a. one who communicates with another by letter  b. one who has regular commercial relations with another  c. one who contributes news or commentary to a publication (as a newspaper) or a radio or television network often from a distant place a war ~  2. something that corresponds