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RESIDENT
resident
(adjective) living in a particular place; “resident aliens”
nonmigratory, resident
(adjective) used of animals that do not migrate
resident, occupant, occupier
(noun) someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
resident (plural residents)
A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
A physician receiving specialized medical training.
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
(legal) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
(espionage) Alternative form of rezident
Adjective
resident (comparative more resident, superlative most resident)
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
(obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
(computing, of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.
Anagrams
• Dniester, desertin', disenter, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, sentried, sintered, tendries, trendies
Source: Wiktionary
Res"i*dent (-dent), a. Etym: [F. résident, 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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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