English Explanatory Dictionary

lobby correspondent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A journalist who reports on political and parliamentary affairs, especially through unattributed sources from politicians or other government officials.

Word forms

lobby correspondent lobby correspondents

Etymology

So called from journalists who were given access to the private members' lobby in the House of Commons, later becoming a more generic term for all such journalists in Parliament.

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