resident Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
    occupier; occupant.
  2. 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
    house physician; resident physician.
    • the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
  3. adjective living in a particular place
    • resident aliens
  4. adjective used of animals that do not migrate
    nonmigratory.

WordNet

Res"i*dent adjective
Etymology
F. résident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.
Definitions
  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.
  2. Fixed; stable; certain. Obs. "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor.
    One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.
Res"i*dent noun
Definitions
  1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
  2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister,4.

Webster 1913