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resident definition

resi·dent (-dənt, -dent′)

adjective

  1. living in a place for some continuous period; having a residence (in or at); residing
  2. living or staying in a place while working, carrying on official duties, etc.; being in residence
  3. present, inherent, or intrinsic in something
  4. not migratory: said of birds, etc.

Etymology: ME < L residens, prp.

noun

  1. a person who lives in a place, as distinguished from a visitor or transient
  2. ☆ a doctor who is serving a residency
  3. a bird or animal that is not migratory

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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