Resident
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/
Origin
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin residens, past participle of residere ("to remain behind, reside, dwell"), from re- ("back") + sedere ("to sit").
Full definition of resident
Noun
resident
(plural residents)- Person, animal or plant living at a location or in an area.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 4, Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
- A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
- A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.
- A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
Derived terms
Adjective
resident
- Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.resident in the city or in the country
- Based in a particular place; on hand; local.He is our resident computer expert.
- (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
- Jeremy Taylorstable and resident like a rock
- Davenantone there still resident as day and night