resident

[ rez-i-duhnt ]

noun

1. a person who resides in a place.
2. a physician who joins the medical staff of a hospital as a salaried employee for a specified period to gain advanced training usually in a particular field, being in full-time attendance at the hospital and often living on the premises.
3. a diplomatic representative, inferior in rank to an ambassador, residing at a foreign court.
4. (formerly) a representative of the British governor general at a court in India.
5. (formerly) the governor of a residency in the Dutch East Indies.

adjective

1. residing; dwelling in a place.
2. living or staying at a place in discharge of duty.
3. (of qualities) existing; intrinsic.
4. (of birds) not migratory.
5. Computers.
   1. encoded and permanently available to a computer user, as a font in a printer's ROM or software on a CD-ROM.
   2. (of a computer program) currently active or standing by in computer memory.

resident

/ ˈrɛzɪdənt /

noun

1. a person who resides in a place
2. social welfare an occupant of a welfare agency home Former nameinmate
3. (esp formerly) a representative of the British government in a British protectorate
4. (esp in the 17th century) a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador
5. (in India, formerly) a representative of the British governor general at the court of a native prince
6. a bird or other animal that does not migrate
7. See house physician
   a physician who lives in the hospital where he or she works while undergoing specialist training after completing his or her internship Compare house physician
8. a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works

adjective

1. living in a place; residing
2. living or staying at a place in order to discharge a duty, etc
3. (of qualities, characteristics, etc) existing or inherent (in)
4. (of birds and other animals) not in the habit of migrating

Derived Forms

• ˈresidentˌship, noun

Other Words From

• res·i·dent·ship noun
• pseu·do·res·i·dent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of resident¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Middle French, from Latin resident- (stem of residēns ), present participle of residēre “to reside”; reside, -ent

Example Sentences

Interviews in Serial (including ones from Adnan) do acknowledge that Jay was known as a resident bad boy at Woodlawn High School.

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“I ran for my life,” said Tenayo, who is a home attendant for an autistic resident, but wants to transfer because of the crime.

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"Now we have two families that's missing someone from the holidays," a Bedford-Stuyvesant resident told a local news station.

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On the following Monday, it was arranged by my Resident Adviser that I would meet with the dean of students, Robert Canevari.

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At least one parent would have to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

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The foster-father, who was an American resident in Hong-Kong, found his eyesight gradually failing him.

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You as a resident in this infernal hole can doubtless suggest a suitable spot for the meeting.

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Non-resident aliens can acquire no rights incident to residence here except as permitted by the federal government.

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As may be supposed by its having a local name, it is a common and well-known bird, and is resident in all the Islands.

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This saves the embarrassment of crossing the room entirely unattended, while it shows others that you are a resident at the house.

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Related Words

• citizen
• dweller
• inhabitant
• inmate
• local
• native
• resident
• tenant