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n. - One of two people charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding.

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  • They called me their southern corespondent for awhile.
  • And he was their first real full-time corespondent there.
  • Our faith and values corespondent, Delia Gallagher, is in New York.
  • Our homeland security corespondent, Jeanne Meserve, breaks it all down.
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  • The "correspondent" (one who writes either publications or letters) wrote to the "corespondent" (the one who committed adultery with the person who is being sued in a divorce suit) to suggest a compromise.
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