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resident |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resident \Res"i*dent\ (-dent), a. [F. r['e]sident, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resident \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: resident adj 1: living in a particular place "resident aliens" [ant: {nonresident}] 2: used of animals that do not migrate [syn: {nonmigratory}] [ant: {migratory}] n 1: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [syn: {occupant}, {occupier}] 2: 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 [syn: {house physician}, {resident physician}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RESIDENT, adj Unable to leave
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