adj fixed; stable; certain.
2. resident ·noun one who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
3. resident ·noun 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.
4. resident ·adj 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.