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Webster 1913 Edition

Resident

Res′i-dent

(-dent)
,
Adj.
[F.
résident
, L.
residens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
residere
. See
Reside
.]
1.
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one’s own estate; – opposed to
nonresident
;
as,
resident
in the city or in the country
.
2.
Fixed; stable; certain.
[Obs.]
“Stable and resident like a rock.”
Jer. TAylor.
One there still
resident
as day and night.
Davenant.

Res′i-dent

,
Noun.
1.
One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
2.
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; – a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under
Minister
, 4.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resident

RES'IDENT

,
Adj.
[L. residens.]
Dwelling or having an abode in a place for a continuance of time, but not definite; as a minister resident at the court of St. James. A B is now resident in South America.

RES'IDENT

,
Noun.
1.
One who resides or dwells in a place for some time. A B is now a resident in London.
2.
A public minister who resides at a foreign court. It is usually applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of embassadors.

Definition 2024

resident

resident

See also: résident

English

Noun

resident ‎(plural residents)

  1. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
      Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
    The tiger lily is a resident of Asia.‎
  2. A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
  3. A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.
    She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.‎
  4. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
  5. (law) a legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

resident ‎(comparative more resident, superlative most resident)

  1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
    resident in the city or in the country
  2. Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
    He is our resident computer expert.
  3. (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      stable and resident like a rock
    • Davenant
      one there still resident as day and night
  4. (computing, of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.

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Catalan

Noun

resident m ‎(plural residents, feminine residenta)

  1. resident

Ladin

Noun

resident m ‎(plural residenc)

  1. resident

Latin

Verb

resident

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of resideō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin residentem, accusative singular of residēns, from the verb resideō.

Adjective

resident m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular resident or residente)

  1. resident; residing

References

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin residēns, past participle of resideō ‎(“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- ‎(“back”) + sedeō ‎(“I sit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/

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