RESIDENT


Meaning of RESIDENT in English

■ noun

1》 a person who lives somewhere on a long-term basis.

↘a bird, butterfly, or other animal of a species that does not migrate.

↘ Brit. a guest in a hotel who stays for one or more nights.

↘ US a pupil who boards at a boarding school.

2》 N. Amer. a medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under supervision in a hospital.

3》 an intelligence agent in a foreign country.

4》 historical a British government agent in any semi-independent state, especially the Governor General's representative at the court of an Indian state.

■ adjective

1》 living somewhere on a long-term basis.

↘having quarters on the premises of one's work.

↘attached to and working regularly for a particular institution.

↘(of a bird, butterfly, or other animal) non-migratory.

2》 (of a computer program, file, etc.) immediately available in computer memory, rather than having to be loaded from elsewhere.

Derivatives

~ship noun ( historical ).

Origin

ME: from L. ~- , residere 'remain'.

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