resident.
A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
Meaning & usage
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 postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic.
She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.
A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
Alternative form of rezident.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), equivalent to reside + -ent, from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“to sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént). (physician): So called because in the 19th century they resided in the hospital dormitories.
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
resident in the city or in the country
Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
He is our resident computer expert.
Fixed; stable; certain.
Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), equivalent to reside + -ent, from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“to sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént). (physician): So called because in the 19th century they resided in the hospital dormitories.
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