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res⋅i⋅dent

  [rez-i-duhnt]
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–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 native court in India.
5. (formerly) the governor of a residency in the Dutch East Indies.
–adjective
6. residing; dwelling in a place.
7. living or staying at a place in discharge of duty.
8. (of qualities) existing; intrinsic.
9. (of birds) not migratory.
10.
a. encoded and permanently available to a computer user, as a font in a printer's ROM or software on a CD-ROM.
b. (of a computer program) currently active or standing by in computer memory.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L resident- (s. of residēns), prp. of residēre to reside; see -ent

Related forms:
res⋅i⋅dent⋅ship, noun
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res·i·dent   (rěz'ĭ-dənt, -děnt')   
n.  
  1. One who resides in a particular place permanently or for an extended period, as:
    1. A diplomatic official residing in a foreign seat of government.
    2. A colonial official acting as adviser to the ruler of a protected state, often having quasi-gubernatorial powers.
    3. A member of an intelligence-gathering or nonuniformed law enforcement agency who resides and oversees operations in a certain locale: the FBI resident in St. Louis.
    4. One who lives in a dormitory.
  2. A physician receiving specialized clinical training in a hospital, usually after completing an internship.
  3. A nonmigratory bird or other animal.
adj.  
  1. Dwelling in a particular place; residing: resident aliens.
  2. Living somewhere in connection with duty or work.
  3. Inherently present: resident anxieties.
  4. Nonmigratory: resident fauna.
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Resident

Res"i*dent\ (-dent), a. [F. r['e]sident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.]

1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.

2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." --Jer. TAylor.

One there still resident as day and night. --Davenant.

Resident

Res"i*dent\, n. 1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.

2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : resident
Spanish: habitante,
German: der, *die Einwohner(in),
Japanese: 居住者
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Main Entry: res·i·dent
Pronunciation: 're-z&-d&nt
Function: noun
: one who has a residence in a particular place but does not necessarily have the status of a citizen —compare CITIZEN 1, DOMICILIARY —resident adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: res·i·dent
Pronunciation: 'rez-&d-&nt, 'rez-d&nt
Function: noun
: a physician serving a residency
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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resident res·i·dent (rěz'ĭ-dənt, -děnt')
n.
A physician during residency.

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