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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there;
[syn: resident, occupant, occupier]

2. 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;
- Example: "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital"
[syn: house physician, resident, resident physician]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. living in a particular place;
- Example: "resident aliens"

2. used of animals that do not migrate;
[syn: nonmigratory, resident]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Resident \Res"i*dent\, n.
   1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
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   2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign
      court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank
      inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under
      Minister, 4.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Resident \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.
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   2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a
      rock." --Jer. TAylor.
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            One there still resident as day and night.
                                                  --Davenant.
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The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

RESIDENT, adj.  Unable to leave.



Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

129 Moby Thesaurus words for "resident":
   Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, abiding, addressee, allopath,
   allopathist, ambassador, ambassadress, apostolic delegate,
   artist-in-residence, attache, attending physician, benefice-holder,
   beneficiary, career diplomat, chancellor, charge, citizen,
   commercial attache, commorant, consul, consul general,
   consular agent, coroner, country doctor, croaker, deep-seated,
   denizen, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatic agent, diplomatist,
   district, doc, doctor, dweller, dwelling, emissary, envoy,
   envoy extraordinary, esoteric, family doctor,
   foreign service officer, general practitioner, habitant, hirer,
   homesteader, house detective, house physician, householder,
   immanent, implanted, implicit, in residence, inalienable,
   incumbent, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inhabitant, inhabiter,
   inherent, inmate, inner, inpatient, intern, internal, internuncio,
   intrinsic, inward, inwrought, irreducible, leaseholder, leech,
   legate, lessee, live-in maid, liver, living, living in, local,
   locum tenens, lodger, lodging, medical attendant, medical examiner,
   medical man, medical practitioner, medico, military attache,
   minister, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, nuncio,
   occupant, occupier, paying guest, physician, physician in ordinary,
   plenipotentiary, private, regional, remaining, renter, residencer,
   resident physician, residentiary, resider, residing, roomer,
   sawbones, secret, secretary of legation, sojourner, squatter,
   staying, subjective, sublessee, subtenant, tenant,
   tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, unalienable,
   unchallengeable, underlessee, unquestionable, vice-consul,
   vice-legate