resident

Meaning

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. (alt-of, alternative) 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.

Synonyms

inhabitant

dweller

occupant

tenant

native

inmate

dwelling

citizen

denizen

habitant

occupier

address

house

🏠

nonmigratory

housing

residency

lodger

residence

resident physician

townsfolk

house physician

native of

boarder

residents

permanent

person

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population

regular

residing

seated

single

soul

stable

standing

suburbanite

staying permanently

being stationed

medical intern

local

indweller

original inhabitant

TSR

abiding

terminate and stay resident

boarding

burgess

burgher

citizens

civilian

commuter

Translations

résident

habitant

residente

Bewohner

residente

Einwohner

morador

incola

habitante

Bewohnerin

habitant

habitante

resident

bewoner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: resident

In summary

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).
(physician): So called because in the 19th century they resided in the hospital dormitories.

Sentences

He is a lifelong resident of the Kenosha area .