See Also: Resident(medicine)
Resident(tourism)
non-resident(dictionary)
resident(dictionary)
non-resident(dictionary)
Resident(health)
Non-resident alien(finance)
RESIDENT, persons(law)
RESIDENT, international law(law)
Permanent Resident(law)

resident (iou)



resident adjective & noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French resident or Latin resident- pres. ppl stem of residere RESIDE verb1: see -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Residing, dwelling, or having an abode in a place. ME.
S. Butler The deceased was..resident in the parish.
b. Of a (species of) bird or animal: remaining in a specified place or region throughout the year. Also occas., breeding regularly in a place or region. E19.
Staying regularly in or at a place for the performance of official duties or to work, study, etc. LME.
resident AMBASSADOR. resident commissioner US a delegate elected to represent Puerto Rico in the US House of Representatives, able to speak in the House and serve on committees but not to vote.
E. Young-Bruehl A kind of informal resident tutor for their little daughter.
Of a thing: situated, lying. (Foll. by in.) LME.
Of a quality, power, etc.: abiding, present, inherent, established. E16.
Coleridge Liberty of the Press (a power resident in the people).
Computing. Of a program, file, etc.: occupying a permanent place in memory. M20.
b. noun.
A person who resides permanently in a place; a permanent or settled inhabitant of a town, district, etc. Also, a guest staying one or more nights at a hotel etc. LME.
b. A bird belonging to a non-migratory species; occas. (more fully summer resident) a bird which breeds regularly in a particular place or region. L19.
Hist.
a. A diplomatic representative, inferior in rank to an ambassador, residing at a foreign court. E17.
C. V. Wedgwood The French resident in London presented a letter from the Queen.
b. Orig, a representative of the East India Company residing at a commercial outpost. Later, a representative of the Governor-General residing at the court of an Indian State; a British government agent in a semi-independent State. L18.
c. The governor of a residency in Indonesia. E19.
A medical graduate who has completed an internship and is engaged in specialized practice under supervision in a hospital. N. Amer. L19.
[translating Russian rezident.] An intelligence agent in a foreign country. M20.
residenting ppl adjective (rare) residing, resident M17-E18.
residentship noun the office or post of a resident L16.