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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
resident (plural residents)
- A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- 1868, Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Harper's, volume 37, page 303:
- The tiger is a resident of the Lower Amoor, and ranges as high as 53° north latitude. In winter he roams through the same forests with the reindeer, and occasionally dines upon venison of his own catching.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
- 1953, Woodbridge Metcalf, “Trees of Las Posadas”, in Pamphlets on Conservation of Natural Resources, volume 15, Northwest Regional Council:
- The acorns are more slender and pointed than the other and this tree is a resident of foothills all around the great valley up to elevations of about 3500 feet.
- A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
- A physician receiving specialized medical training.
- She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.
- (diplomacy) A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
- (law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
- (espionage) Alternative form of rezident
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person living at a location or an area
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physician receiving specialized medical training
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Adjective[edit]
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.
- resident in the city or in the country
- Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
- He is our resident computer expert.
- 2023 November 1, “Network News: Strong industry interest as Positive Traction launches '08e'”, in RAIL, number 995, page 19:
- Across the country, around 180 Class 08/09s are still registered with main line operators and spot hire companies as well as at various industrial sites, while around 70 more are resident at heritage railways.
- (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:
- stable and resident like a rock
- 1651, William Davenant, Gondibert:
- one there still resident as day and night
- (computing, of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
dwelling in a place for a continued length of time
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Further reading[edit]
- “resident”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “resident”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “resident”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams[edit]
- Dniester, Neiderts, desertin', disenter, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, sentried, sintered, tendries, trendies
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin residentem.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [rə.ziˈðen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [rə.ziˈðent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [re.ziˈðent]
Noun[edit]
resident m or f by sense (plural residents)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “resident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “resident”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “resident” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “resident” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ladin[edit]
Noun[edit]
resident m (plural residenc)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
resident
Maltese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian residente.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
resident m (plural residenti, feminine residenta)
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin residentem, accusative singular of residēns, from the verb resideō.
Adjective[edit]
resident m (oblique and nominative feminine singular resident or residente)
References[edit]
- resident on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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