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resident
[ rez-i-duhnt ]
noun
- a person who resides in a place.
- 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.
- a diplomatic representative, inferior in rank to an ambassador, residing at a foreign court.
- (formerly) a representative of the British governor general at a court in India.
- (formerly) the governor of a residency in the Dutch East Indies.
adjective
- residing; dwelling in a place.
- living or staying at a place in discharge of duty.
- (of qualities) existing; intrinsic.
- (of birds) not migratory.
- Computers.
- encoded and permanently available to a computer user, as a font in a printer's ROM or software on a CD-ROM.
- (of a computer program) currently active or standing by in computer memory.
resident
/ ˈrɛzɪdənt /
noun
- a person who resides in a place
- social welfare an occupant of a welfare agency home Former nameinmate
- (esp formerly) a representative of the British government in a British protectorate
- (esp in the 17th century) a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador
- (in India, formerly) a representative of the British governor general at the court of a native prince
- a bird or other animal that does not migrate
- 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
- a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works
adjective
- living in a place; residing
- living or staying at a place in order to discharge a duty, etc
- (of qualities, characteristics, etc) existing or inherent (in)
- (of birds and other animals) not in the habit of migrating
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Derived Forms
- ˈresidentˌship, noun
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Other Words From
- res·i·dent·ship noun
- pseu·do·res·i·dent adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Interviews in Serial (including ones from Adnan) do acknowledge that Jay was known as a resident bad boy at Woodlawn High School.
“I ran for my life,” said Tenayo, who is a home attendant for an autistic resident, but wants to transfer because of the crime.
"Now we have two families that's missing someone from the holidays," a Bedford-Stuyvesant resident told a local news station.
On the following Monday, it was arranged by my Resident Adviser that I would meet with the dean of students, Robert Canevari.
At least one parent would have to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
The foster-father, who was an American resident in Hong-Kong, found his eyesight gradually failing him.
You as a resident in this infernal hole can doubtless suggest a suitable spot for the meeting.
Non-resident aliens can acquire no rights incident to residence here except as permitted by the federal government.
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.
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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