in-residence

[ in-rez-i-duhns ]

/ ɪnˈrɛz ɪ dəns /

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adjective

assigned to a staff position in an institution such as a college or university, while allowed sufficient time to pursue one's own professional work, study, or research (usually used in combination): a poet-in-residence at the university.

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Origin of in-residence

First recorded in 1835–45

How to use in-residence in a sentence

The subject heading ran: James Lasdun, important information about your "writer-in-residence"
When Someone Tells Lies About You on the Internet|Megan McArdle|January 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He is a columnist for the Boston Globe and distinguished scholar-in-residence at Suffolk University.
Dubai's Hollywood Hitmen|James Carroll|February 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He is author-in-residence at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
The GOP's Three-Headed Monster|James Mann|December 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and historian-in residence at Bob Dylan's official Web site.
Dylan's Early Christmas Present|Sean Wilentz|October 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST

He is a columnist for the Boston Globe and Distinguished-Scholar-in-Residence at Suffolk University.
Can God Save Health Care?|James Carroll|August 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Other Idioms and Phrases with in-residence

in residence

Committed to live and work in a certain place, often for a specific length of time. For example, He loved being the college's poet in residence. This expression, dating from the 1300s, originally referred to ecclesiastical clerics whose presence was required in a specific church. It was extended to other appointments in the mid-1800s.