war correspondent

a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.

Origin of war correspondent

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

The contrast between the bearing of this savage and that of the war-correspondent was most striking.

With Steyn and De Wet |Philip Pienaar
The speaker was an American war-correspondent “doing” the battle from within the Boer lines.

Aletta |Bertram Mitford
Richard Dennings: A globe trotter, as a hunter, explorer, and war-correspondent.

Dramatic Technique |George Pierce Baker
He told us he had been a war-correspondent and an editor, in happier days, as well as a horse-stealer and a colonel of dragoons.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers |E. Nesbit

The captain bent down to assist the war-correspondent, who was almost buried under a pile of earth.

Banzai! |Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff

war correspondent

a journalist who reports on a war from the scene of action