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resident

[ rez-i-duhnt ]

noun

  1. a person who resides in a place.
  2. a physician who joins the medical staff of a hospital as a salaried employee for a specified period to gain advanced training usually in a particular field, being in full-time attendance at the hospital and often living on the premises.
  3. a diplomatic representative, inferior in rank to an ambassador, residing at a foreign court.
  4. (formerly) a representative of the British governor general at a court in India.
  5. (formerly) the governor of a residency in the Dutch East Indies.


adjective

  1. residing; dwelling in a place.
  2. living or staying at a place in discharge of duty.
  3. (of qualities) existing; intrinsic.
  4. (of birds) not migratory.
  5. Computers.
    1. encoded and permanently available to a computer user, as a font in a printer's ROM or software on a CD-ROM.
    2. (of a computer program) currently active or standing by in computer memory.

resident

/ ˈɛɪəԳ /

noun

  1. a person who resides in a place
  2. social welfare an occupant of a welfare agency home Former nameinmate
  3. (esp formerly) a representative of the British government in a British protectorate
  4. (esp in the 17th century) a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador
  5. (in India, formerly) a representative of the British governor general at the court of a native prince
  6. a bird or other animal that does not migrate
  7. a physician who lives in the hospital where he or she works while undergoing specialist training after completing his or her internship Compare house physician
  8. a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. living in a place; residing
  2. living or staying at a place in order to discharge a duty, etc
  3. (of qualities, characteristics, etc) existing or inherent (in)
  4. (of birds and other animals) not in the habit of migrating
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳˌ󾱱, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··Գ·󾱱 noun
  • ····Գ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of resident1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Middle French, from Latin resident- (stem of ŧԲ ), present participle of ŧ “to reside”; reside, -ent
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The Russians, meanwhile, have made it clear that residents must leave.

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"There's a children's park over there and it's just a shame for the community and the local residents."

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Another Dales resident said he had seen filming at Surrender Bridge, which is close to an old lead smelting mill.

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