Resiant

Alternative forms

• resiaunt obsolete

Origin

From Anglo-Norman resceant, Middle French resseant et al., from Latin resident-, present participle of residēre.

Full definition of resiant

Noun

1. (obsolete) A resident. 15th-19th c.

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Resident. 15th-19th c.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:That was to weet the famous Troynovant,
  In which her kingdomes throne is chiefly resiant.

Anagrams

• antsier, in tears, nastier, restain, retains, retinas, retsina, rinsate, stainer, starnie, stearin