Definitions for: Resident


[n] 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
[n] someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
[adj] living in a particular place; "resident aliens"
[adj] used of animals that do not migrate



Webster (1913) Definition: Res"i*dent (-dent), a. [F. r['e]sident, L. residens,
-entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.]
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, n.
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.

Synonyms: house physician, nonmigratory, occupant, occupier, resident physician

Antonyms: migratory, nonresident

See Also: coaster, colonial, dalesman, denizen, doc, doctor, Dr., dweller, Galilaean, Galilean, inhabitant, inmate, Latin American, MD, medico, metropolitan, outlier, owner-occupier, physician, sojourner, Spanish American, stater, suburbanite, tenant, towner, townsman

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