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Resident   /rˈɛzɪdənt/   Listen
Resident

adjective
1.
Living in a particular place.
2.
Used of animals that do not migrate.  Synonym: nonmigratory.
noun
1.
Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there.  Synonyms: 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.  Synonyms: house physician, resident physician.



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"Resident" Quotes from Famous Books



... its welcome to the Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association. This city occupies an ideal position for such a convention. It is the center of many railroad lines, both steam and electric. A large population are resident in the towns and cities and countryside, easily accessible through these lines of transportation. It is so located geographically that many of our most populous states are within easy distance. Add to this the cordial enthusiasm of the churches ...
— The American Missionary -- Volume 54, No. 2, April, 1900 • Various

... 'lectrified and killed ten thousand niggers! But even so general a catastrophe could not weigh down the singer's spirits. As he put a fumbling foot upon the lowermost step of the porch, he threw his head far back and shrilly issued the following blanket invitation to ladies resident in a far-away district: ...
— The Escape of Mr. Trimm - His Plight and other Plights • Irvin S. Cobb

... about, Cinder?" said Mike one day, when they were out together, after a long, hard morning's work up at the Ladelles, over algebra and Latin, with the tutor who was resident at the Mount, the Doctor sharing, however, in the cost. "You seem to have been so moony ...
— Cormorant Crag - A Tale of the Smuggling Days • George Manville Fenn

... were two men, brothers-in-law, immigrants from the Austrian Tyrol, and now resident in one of the cow-boy states. Leonardo spoke little English, and though Giovanni understood a very little, ...
— Outwitting Our Nerves - A Primer of Psychotherapy • Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury

... seemed lighter and easier. I promised to have the room ready by eight o'clock. Mrs. La Force arranged to bring her son round at that hour, and both ladies thanked me a very great deal more than I deserved; for after all it was a business matter, and a resident patient was the very thing that I needed. I was able to assure Mrs. La Force that I had had a similar case under my charge before—meaning, of course, poor "Jimmy," the son of Lord Saltire. Miss Williams escorted them to the door, and took occasion to ...
— The Stark Munro Letters • J. Stark Munro


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