resident

Significado

Noun

1. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
2. A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
3. A physician receiving specialized medical training.
4. A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
5. A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
6. Alternative form of rezident

Adj

1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
2. Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
3. (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
4. Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/

Etimología

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 (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént).