meaning of resident
1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on ones own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.
2. Fixed; stable; certain.
3. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
4. 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. 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
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Related Words
resident | resident commissioner | resident physician | residenter | residential | residential area | residential district | residentially | residentiary | residentiaryship | residentship |
