'Resident' definitions:
Definition of 'resident'
From: WordNet
adjective
Living in a particular place; "resident aliens" [ant: nonresident]
adjective
Used of animals that do not migrate [syn: nonmigratory, resident] [ant: migratory]
noun
Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there [syn: resident, occupant, occupier] [ant: nonresident]
noun
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" [syn: house physician, resident, resident physician]
Definition of 'Resident'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." --Jer. TAylor. [1913 Webster]
- One there still resident as day and night. --Davenant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Resident'
From: GCIDE
- Resident \Res"i*dent\, n.
- 1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'resident'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- addressee,
- allopath,
- allopathist,
- ambassador,
- ambassadress,
- apostolic delegate,
- artist-in-residence,
- attache,
- attending physician,
- benefice-holder,
- beneficiary,
- career diplomat,
- chancellor,
- charge,
- citizen,
- commercial attache,
- commorant,
- consul,
- consul general,
- consular agent,
- coroner,
- country doctor,
- croaker,
- deep-seated,
- denizen,
- diplomat,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatic agent,
- diplomatist,
- district,
- doc,
- doctor,
- Doctor of Medicine,
- dweller,
- dwelling,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- envoy extraordinary,
- esoteric,
- family doctor,
- foreign service officer,
- general practitioner,
- GP,
- habitant,
- hirer,
- homesteader,
- house detective,
- house physician,
- householder,
- immanent,
- implanted,
- implicit,
- in residence,
- inalienable,
- incumbent,
- indwelling,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- inhabitant,
- inhabiter,
- inherent,
- inmate,
- inner,
- inpatient,
- intern,
- internal,
- internuncio,
- intrinsic,
- inward,
- inwrought,
- irreducible,
- leaseholder,
- leech,
- legate,
- lessee,
- live-in maid,
- liver,
- living,
- living in,
- local,
- locum tenens,
- lodger,
- lodging,
- MD,
- medical attendant,
- medical examiner,
- medical man,
- medical practitioner,
- medico,
- military attache,
- minister,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- minister resident,
- nuncio,
- occupant,
- occupier,
- paying guest,
- physician,
- physician in ordinary,
- plenipotentiary,
- private,
- regional,
- remaining,
- renter,
- residencer,
- resident physician,
- residentiary,
- resider,
- residing,
- roomer,
- sawbones,
- secret,
- secretary of legation,
- sojourner,
- squatter,
- staying,
- subjective,
- sublessee,
- subtenant,
- tenant,
- tenant at sufferance,
- tenant for life,
- unalienable,
- unchallengeable,
- underlessee,
- unquestionable,
- vice-consul,
- vice-legate