Lexic.us

Definition of Resident

1. Noun. Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there.

2. Adjective. Living in a particular place. "Resident aliens"

3. Noun. 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"

4. Adjective. Used of animals that do not migrate.

Definition of Resident

1. a. 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.

2. n. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.

Definition of Resident

1. Noun. person, animal or plant living at a location or in an area ¹

2. Noun. a bird which does not migrate during the course of the year ¹

3. Noun. a graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty ¹

4. Noun. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador. ¹

5. Adjective. the person on hand who is the strongest in a particular skill or profession ¹

6. Adjective. a student in the medical profession who watches a licensed doctor in order to learn a skill ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resident

1. one who resides [n -S] - See also: resides

Medical Definition of Resident

1. An American term relating to a physician who has completed medical school and an internship and is in the process of receiving specialised training. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resident

resiant resiants resiaunt resid reside resided residence residence characteristics residence hall residence permit

residence time residence times residences residencies residency resident (current term) resident alien resident aliens resident commissioner resident fish

resident physician residenter residenters residential residential area residential district residential facilities residential mobility residential treatment residentially

Literary usage of Resident

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report (1873)
"Western Barred Owl. Breeds and is resident about Tucson ... Rather common in the neighborhood of Tucson, where probably resident. *215. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"In February 1878 he became assistant resident in Perak and a member of the state council. In 1881 he was called to the bar by the Society of the Inner ..."

3. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"Mrs. Harington, resident. Britwell Prior Thomas Weld, Esq. proprietor: the mansion is inhabited ... Lloyd Wheate, Esq. resident. Grove Cottage Richard Davis ..."

4. The Theory of Our National Existence: As Shown by the Action of the by John Codman Hurd (1881)
"It was decided in the court below and in the Supreme Court, on appeal, that these resident aliens could sustain their claim under the statutes by receiving, ..."

5. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1899)
"The State of Minnesota had no law providing for the deportation of alien and non-resident dependants until April, 1897. By the statute then enacted a legal ..."

6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Fairly com- naon summer resident, but more restricted in range than the ... Abundant summer resident and exceedingly abundant in the fall migration. ..."

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