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

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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

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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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