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corespondents

corespondents is the plural of corespondent.

Meaning of corespondent

Noun

corespondent (plural corespondents)

  1. One of two or more persons against whom a lawsuit is made; but especially a person charged with committing adultery with the defendant in a divorce proceeding.
    • It was simply a certified copy of the decree in the divorce case of a prominent society woman, Mrs. Percy Schermerman, who had named as corespondent a still more prominent woman, Mrs. Willoughby Worthington. The evidence had been sealed, and the yellower papers had toiled in vain to find out just...1913 June 7, Rupert Hughes, “Memling Must Have an Alibi”, in The Popular Magazine, volume 28, number 6, page 160

Questions about corespondents

What is corespondents the plural of?
Corespondents is the plural of corespondent.

Words near corespondents in the dictionary

  1. coresolution
  2. coresolutions
  3. coresonant
  4. corespective
  5. corespondent
  6. corespondents
  7. coresponsibilities
  8. coresponsibility
  9. coresponsible
  10. corestone
  11. corestones

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