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res·i·dent

(rĕz′ĭ-dənt, -dĕnt′)

1. One who resides in a particular place permanently or for an extended period, as:

a. A diplomatic official residing in a foreign seat of government.

b. A colonial official acting as adviser to the ruler of a protected state, often having quasi-gubernatorial powers.

c. A member of an intelligence-gathering or nonuniformed law enforcement agency who resides and oversees operations in a certain locale: the FBI resident in St. Louis.

d. One who lives in a dormitory.

2. A physician receiving specialized clinical training in a hospital, usually after completing an internship.

3. A nonmigratory bird or other animal.

adj.

1. Dwelling in a particular place; residing: resident aliens.

2. Living somewhere in connection with duty or work.

3. Filling a particular role in a group or organization: the museum's official resident poet; the office's resident gossipmonger.

4. Inherently present: resident anxieties.

5. Nonmigratory: resident fauna.

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resident

(ˈrɛzɪdənt)

1. a person who resides in a place

2. (Social Welfare) social welfare an occupant of a welfare agency home. Former name: inmate

3. (Historical Terms) (esp formerly) a representative of the British government in a British protectorate

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (esp formerly) a representative of the British government in a British protectorate

5. (Historical Terms) (esp in the 17th century) a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador

6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (esp in the 17th century) a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador

7. (Historical Terms) (in India, formerly) a representative of the British governor general at the court of a native prince

8. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in India, formerly) a representative of the British governor general at the court of a native prince

9. (Zoology) a bird or other animal that does not migrate

10. (Medicine) US and Canadian a physician who lives in the hospital where he or she works while undergoing specialist training after completing his or her internship. Compare house physician

11. (Professions) US and Canadian a physician who lives in the hospital where he or she works while undergoing specialist training after completing his or her internship. Compare house physician

12. (Medicine) Brit and NZ a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works

13. (Professions) Brit and NZ a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works

adj

14. living in a place; residing

15. living or staying at a place in order to discharge a duty, etc

16. (of qualities, characteristics, etc) existing or inherent (in)

17. (Zoology) (of birds and other animals) not in the habit of migrating

ˈresidentˌship n

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res•i•dent

(ˈrɛz ɪ dənt)

n.

1. a person who resides in a place.

2. a physician employed by a hospital while receiving specialized training there.

3. (in British India) a representative of the British governor general at the court of an Indian ruler.

4. the governor of a residency in the Dutch East Indies.

adj.

5. residing; dwelling in a place.

6. living or staying at a place in discharge of duty.

7. (of qualities) existing; intrinsic.

8. (of birds) not migratory.

a. encoded and permanently available to a computer user, as a font in a printer's ROM or software on a CD-ROM.

b. (of a computer program) currently active or standing by in computer memory, as a TSR program.

res′i•dent•ship`, n.

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Noun	1.	resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there occupant, occupier denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place Alexandrian - a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt) coaster - a resident of a coastal area colonial - a resident of a colony dalesman - a person who lives in the dales of northern England housemate - someone who resides in the same house with you inmate - one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital) metropolitan - a person who lives in a metropolis outlier - a person who lives away from his place of work owner-occupier - an occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in sojourner - a temporary resident stater - a resident of a particular state or group of states; "Keystone stater"; "farm staters" suburbanite - a resident of a suburb tenant - any occupant who dwells in a place towner, townsman - a resident of a town or city nonresident - someone who does not live in a particular place; "described by an admiring nonresident as a green and pleasant land"
	2.	resident - 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; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" house physician, resident physician doc, doctor, physician, Dr., MD, medico - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"
Adj.	1.	resident - living in a particular place; "resident aliens" nonresident - not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents; "nonresident students who commute to classes"; "nonresident real estate"
	2.	resident - used of animals that do not migrate nonmigratory

resident

noun

1. inhabitant, citizen, native, householder, denizen, indweller, local Ten per cent of residents live below the poverty line.
inhabitant visitor, nonresident

2. tenant, occupant, lodger Council house residents purchasing their own homes

3. guest, client, lodger, boarder Bar closed on Sunday except to hotel residents.

adjective

1. inhabiting, living, staying, settled, dwelling, residing He had been resident in Brussels since 1967.
inhabiting visiting, nonresident

2. incumbent, permanent a talk on health by the resident physician

3. local, neighbourhood The resident population of the inner city has risen.

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Translations

ساكِنمُقيممُقِيم

obyvatelusazenýbydlícídomácídomovní

beboerborgerbosiddende

Einwohner Insasse wohnhaft Anwohner Bewohner

κάτοικος

residente habitante interno que duerme en casa vecino

asukas

habitant résident riverain

stanovnik

búsetturbúsettur á vinnustaîíbúi

residente

居住者

주민

apsigyvenęsapsigyventidarbovietėje gyvenantisgyvenamasisgyvenantis

darbavietā dzīvojošsdzīvojošsiedzīvotājs

bývajúcidomovýusadený

prebivalec

vara bosatt

ผู้พักอาศัย

sakinçalıştığı yerde yatıp kalkanoturanoturan kimse

người dân

居民常驻的定居的

resident

[ˈrezɪdənt]

A. ADJ

1. [person, Comput] → residente; [population] → permanente; [doctor, servant] → interno; [bird] → no migratorio
to be resident in a town → tener domicilio fijo en una ciudad
we were resident there for some years → residimos allí durante varios años

2. (Comput) → residente

B. N [of hotel, guesthouse] → huésped mf; [of area, in block of flats] → vecino/a m/f; (in country) → residente mf
residents' association → asociación f de vecinos
the residents got together to protest → los vecinos se reunieron para protestar

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resident

[ˈrɛzɪdənt]

[house, area] → résident(e) m/f
the local residents → les riverains mpl

(US) (= doctor) → résident(e) m/f

adj

[population] → résident(e)
to be resident in
Since 1947 she has been resident in Spain → Depuis 1947, elle est résidente en Espagne.
They are now resident in Japan → Ils sont maintenant résidents au Japon.

(British) [doctor, teacher] → résident(e)
resident doctor → médecin mf résident(e)

(US) [doctor] → résident(e)

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resident

→ Bewohner(in) m(f); (in town) → Einwohner(in) m(f); (of hospital) → Patient(in) m(f); (of prison) → Insasse m, → Insassin f; (in hotel) → Gast m; “access restricted to residents only” → „Anlieger frei“; “parking for residents only” → „Parkplatz nur für Mieter“; (on road) → „Parken nur für Anlieger gestattet“; (at hotel) → „Parkplatz nur für Gäste“

(= doctor) → Anstaltsarzt m → /-ärztin f

adj

(in country, town) → wohnhaft; (= attached to institution) → ansässig, Haus-; (Comput) → resident; they are resident in Germany → sie haben ihren Wohnsitz in Deutschland; the resident population → die ansässige Bevölkerung; are you resident in the hotel? → sind Sie Hotelgast/Hotelgäste?; she is our resident expert on … (hum) → sie ist unsere Expertin vor Ort für …

(Zool) fox, badger etc → ortsansässig; the resident population → die ortsansässige Population

(fig form) to be resident in something = reside b

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resident

[ˈrɛzɪd/ənt]

1. n → abitante m/f; (of hotel) → cliente m/f
local residents → abitanti della zona

2. adj (tutor, specialist) → interno/a; (population) → stabile
to be resident in a town/in London → risiedere in una città/a Londra

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resident

(ˈrezidənt) noun

a person who lives or has his home in a particular place. a resident of Edinburgh.

adjective

1. living or having one's home in a place. He is now resident abroad.

2. living, having to live, or requiring a person to live, in the place where he works. a resident caretaker.

reside (rəˈzaid) verb

to live or have one's home in a place. He now resides abroad.

ˈresidence noun

1. a person's home, especially the grand house of someone important.

2. the act of living in a place, or the time of this. during his residence in Spain.

ˈresidency – plural ˈresidencies – noun

the home of the governor etc in a colony etc.

ˌresiˈdential (-ˈdenʃəl) adjective

1. (of an area of a town etc) containing houses rather than offices, shops etc. This district is mainly residential; a residential neighbourhood/area.

2. requiring a person to live in the place where he works. a residential post.

3. of, concerned with, living in a place.

ˈresidence hall noun

(American dormitory) a building with rooms for university students to live in.

in residence

(especially of someone important) staying in a place, sometimes to perform some official duties. The Queen is in residence here this week.

take up residence

to go and live (in a place, building etc). He has taken up residence in France.

resident

→ مُقِيم obyvatel beboer Einwohner κάτοικος residente asukas résident stanovnik residente 居住者 주민 bewoner beboer rezydent residente житель vara bosatt ผู้พักอาศัย sakin người dân 居民

res·i·dent

n. médico-a residente, que cursa una residencia.

resident

n residente mf; (physician) médico -ca mf residente, residente mf; family practice — residente de medicina familiar; medical — residente de medicina interna; surgical — residente de cirugía

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Woodford, Resident Commissioner of the British Solomons.

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Everything there is regulated by resident partners; that is to say, partners who reside in the tramontane country, but who move about from place to place, either with Indian tribes, whose traffic they wish to monopolize, or with main bodies of their own men, whom they employ in trading and trapping.

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He came himself to live with me in the character of a resident patient.

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All the members of the association resident in Baltimore attended the invitation of their president.

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I think there was hardly an inhabitant of Hayslope specially mentioned in this history and still resident in the parish on this November morning who was not either in church to see Adam and Dinah married, or near the church door to greet them as they came forth.

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The seller (a French horse-dealer resident in Brussels) had returned to Belgium immediately on completing the negotiations.

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I think that one who mixes much with Americans long resident abroad must arrive at this conclusion.

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Abandoning that pursuit, he had next become a quack-doctor, first in a resident, then in a vagabond capacity--taking a medical degree of his own conferring, and holding to it as a good traveling title for the rest of his life.

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Stowe, then of Lane Seminary, Ohio, with regard to emancipated slaves, now resident in Cincinnati; given to show the capability of the race, even without any very particular assistance or encouragement.

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He was a stranger to nearly every member of that body; but, having recently made his escape from the south- ern prison-house of bondage, and feeling his curiosity excited to ascertain the principles and measures of the abolitionists,--of whom he had heard a somewhat vague description while he was a slave,--he was in- duced to give his attendance, on the occasion al- luded to, though at that time a resident in New Bedford.

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The great proprietor resident on his lands, and giving his name to instead of receiving it from his estates as in Europe, is common over the whole of New York.

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THE city of Gakwak being about to lose its character of capital of the province of Ukwuk, the Wampog issued a proclamation convening all the male residents in council in the Temple of Ul to devise means of defence.