Definitions for resident
ˈrɛz ɪ dəntres·i·dent

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. resident, occupant, occupiernoun

   someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

2. house physician, resident, resident physicianadjective

   a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

   "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital"

3. residentadjective

   living in a particular place

   "resident aliens"

4. nonmigratory, residentadjective

   used of animals that do not migrate

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. residentnoun

   person, animal or plant living at a location or in an area

2. residentnoun

   a bird which does not migrate during the course of the year

3. residentnoun

   a graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty

4. residentadjective

   the person on hand who is the strongest in a particular skill or profession

   He is our resident UNIX expert.

5. residentadjective

   a student in the medical profession who watches a licensed doctor in order to learn a skill

   For privacy reasons, she requested the resident nurse to leave.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Residentadjective

   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. Residentadjective

   fixed; stable; certain

3. Residentnoun

   one who resides or dwells in a place for some time

4. Residentnoun

   a diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4

5. Etymology: [F. rsident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Resident

   A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country. A representative of his government, he officially has diplomatic functions which are often seen as a form of indirect rule.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. resident

   A British subject residing in an enemy's country may trade generally with the natives, but not in contraband.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. resident

   A person who lives at a specific address or location.

   The resident was clean, neat and tidy and loved their neighbours.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Inhabitant

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'resident' in Nouns Frequency: #1041

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'resident' in Adjectives Frequency: #919

Anagrams for resident »

1. Dniester, inserted, nerdiest, sintered, tendries, trendies

How to pronounce resident?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say resident in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of resident in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of resident in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of resident in a Sentence

1. Norm Pattis:

   The notion that somehow the state government gets the right to cram its version of virtue down the throats of every citizen in this state is and ought to be offensive to every Connecticut resident.

2. Nick Begich:

   Many of the people that I know were very surprised because we didn't realize that she was still a resident of the state.

3. Orca Network:

   We cannot express how tragic this loss is for the struggling, precariously small family of resident orcas in the Salish Sea.

4. Police Chief Keith MacPherson:

   Waltham resident Amos Frederick, 37, told the Associated Press on Wednesday as he walked through the complex. All of us stay indoors except during the day. If someone is just walking to their car, we watch out for them.

5. Joe Barbara in North Carolina:

   Trump Jr.'s Trump Jr.. I voted for Trump Jr., he's exact with a lot of the issues that are important to me as a resident of the state, as a Republican and as a US citizen, but I think he's off on this one.

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