resident
[rez-i-duh nt]
- 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 native court in India.
- (formerly) the governor of a residency in the Dutch East Indies.
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- residing; dwelling in a place.
- living or staying at a place in discharge of duty.
- (of qualities) existing; intrinsic.
- (of birds) not migratory.
- 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.
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Origin of resident
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Contemporary Examples
This is not making the 228,000 residents of Irving, Texas feel very relaxed.
The scene was heavily cordoned off to traffic and anyone not with the police, press, or residents.
On the one hand, residents of these neighborhoods complain of over-policing.
Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.
Thousands of years ago, Meroe was a thriving hub of trade and home to some 25,000 residents.
Historical Examples
Sometimes we had a meeting of the residents of our own gulch.
A Gold Hunter's ExperienceChalkley J. Hambleton
Many of these residents of the North were themselves but recently come from the South.
Negro Migration during the WarEmmett J. Scott
As a matter of fact, scarcely half that number were residents of the city.
Negro Migration during the WarEmmett J. Scott
They numbered about 2500 persons in 1911 and are residents of the Chhattīsgarh plain.
The residents of Pompeii had fine plumbing, baths and luxuries.
Evening Round UpWilliam Crosbie Hunter
resident
- a person who resides in a place
- social welfare an occupant of a welfare agency homeFormer name: inmate
- (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
- US and Canadian a physician who lives in the hospital where he or she works while undergoing specialist training after completing his or her internshipCompare house physician
- British and NZ a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works
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- 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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Word Origin and History for residents
resident
n.
mid-15c., "an inhabitant, one who resides," from resident (adj.). Meaning "medical graduate in practice in a hospital as training" first attested 1892, American English.
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resident
adj.
late 14c., "dwelling, residing," from Old French resident and directly from Latin residentem (nominative residens), present participle of residere "to sit down, settle" (see reside).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
resident
(rĕz′ĭ-dənt)- A physician during residency.
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