单词 | corespondent |
释义 | corespondent in American English (ˌkoʊrɪˈspɑndənt) noun Law a person charged with having committed adultery with the wife or husband from whom a divorce is being sought Derived forms corespondency (ˌcoreˈspondency) noun Word origin co- + respondentcorespondent in American English (ˌkourɪˈspɑndənt) noun Law a joint defendant, charged along with the respondent, esp. a person charged with adultery in a divorce proceeding Word origin [1855–60; co- + respondent]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boilerplate, keyword, kickoff, lavabo, superheatco- is a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” sometimes with the derivedsense “auxiliary, subsidiary” (coenzyme; copilot), and, in mathematics and astronomy, with the sense “complement” (codeclination) |
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