resident

[ rez-i-duh nt ]

/ ˈrɛz ɪ dənt /

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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 native 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.

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.

Origin of resident

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin resident- (stem of residēns), present participle of residēre to reside; see -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM resident

res·i·dent·ship, noun pseu·do·res·i·dent, adjective un·res·i·dent, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH resident

citizen resident

Words nearby resident

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

The Deal With Serial’s Jay? He’s Pissed Off, Mucks Up Our Timeline |Emily Shire |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
"Now we have two families that's missing someone from the holidays," a Bedford-Stuyvesant resident told a local news station.

Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police |M.L. Nestel |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On the following Monday, it was arranged by my Resident Adviser that I would meet with the dean of students, Robert Canevari.

I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything |Liz Seccuro |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Some 1.1 million Syrian refugees are currently living in Lebanon, making up one-quarter of the resident population.

Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women |Masha Hamilton |November 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“The situation is no longer under control,” says Ehab, a resident of al-Amari refugee camp outside Ramallah.

Intifada 3.0: Growing Unrest and a Plot to Kill an Israeli Minister |Creede Newton |November 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As resident physician for over fifteen years, I had learned patience in these matters.

Unbegotten Child |Winston Marks
The resident priest treated us with the greatest hospitality, and was respected and beloved by all who knew him.

The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) |Elliott Coues
Why should it be culpable to steal from a resident, and laudable to do the same thing with a stranger?

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. |Various
Summer resident in Comanche and possibly other south-central counties.

Check-list of the Birds of Kansas |Harrison B Tordoff
He had been resident since at least 1641, when a child of his "Christe: Rawlinge, cler," had been baptized.

The Church of Grasmere |Mary L. Armitt

British Dictionary definitions for resident

resident

/ (ˈrɛzɪdənt) /

noun

a person who resides in a place

social welfare an occupant of a welfare agency home Former 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 internship Compare house physician

British and NZ 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

Derived forms of resident

residentship, noun

Medical definitions for resident

resident

[ rĕz′ĭ-dənt ]

n.

A physician during residency.

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