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

Except the chart Stephanopoulos had just showed him was on a per capita basis — deaths per million residents.

From Washington Post

This spring, the city closed the road again, so residents could exercise, socially distanced.

From ProPublica

The residents seem to have found the walls of their houses highly significant.

From Nautilus

The city’s residents could have been told about the hurricane far enough in advance to evacuate, thanks to Cuban Jesuit priest and meteorologist Father Benito Viñes.

From Popular-Science

That will be impacted by its largest customer, the city of San Diego, when it builds its Pure Water wastewater recycling system, which is supposed to supply a third of its residents’ needs.

From Voice of San Diego

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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