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resident

adj · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/
  • [ˈɹɛzɪdənt] ~ [ˈɹɛzɪdn̩t]
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • resident in the city or in the country

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Based in a particular place; on hand; local.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He is our resident computer expert.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Fixed; stable; certain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bird, animal, creature

7

noun

Meaning 7

A physician receiving postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: physician, doctor, person

8

noun

Meaning 8

A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: diplomacy, government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Alternative form of rezident.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective

Meaning 11

living in a particular place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • resident aliens

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nonresident

12

adjective

Meaning 12

used of animals that do not migrate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonmigratory

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: house physician, resident physician

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico

14

noun

Meaning 14

someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: occupant, occupier

Antonyms: nonresident

Broader terms: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller

Narrower terms: Alexandrian, coaster, colonial, dalesman, housemate, inmate, metropolitan, outlier, owner-occupier, sojourner, stater, suburbanite, tenant, townsman, towner

History

Etymology

From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), equivalent to reside + -ent, from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“to sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént). (physician): So called because in the 19th century they resided in the hospital dormitories.

Across languages

Translations

176 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: постоянно живеещ (postojanno živeešt) — dwelling in a place for a continued length of time
  • Ancient Greek: ἐντόπιος (entópios) — dwelling in a place for a continued length of time
  • Swedish: bofast — dwelling in a place for a continued length of time
  • Albanian: banor — person living at a location or an area
  • Arabic: سَاكِن (sākin) — person living at a location or an area
  • Arabic: سَاكِنَة (sākina) — person living at a location or an area
  • Arabic: سُكَّان (sukkān) — person living at a location or an area
  • Arabic: أَهْل (ʔahl) — person living at a location or an area
  • Armenian: բնակիչ (bnakičʻ) — person living at a location or an area
  • Assamese: বাসিন্দা (baxinda) — person living at a location or an area
  • Azerbaijani: sakin — person living at a location or an area
  • Basque: biztanle — person living at a location or an area
  • Belarusian: жыха́р (žyxár) — person living at a location or an area
  • Belarusian: жыха́рка (žyxárka) — person living at a location or an area
  • Belarusian: насе́льнік (nasjélʹnik) — person living at a location or an area
  • Belarusian: насе́льніца (nasjélʹnica) — person living at a location or an area
  • Belarusian: жы́цель (žýcjelʹ) — person living at a location or an area
  • Belarusian: жы́целька (žýcjelʹka) — person living at a location or an area
  • Bengali: বাসিন্দা (baśinda) — person living at a location or an area
  • Bulgarian: жи́тел (žítel) — person living at a location or an area
  • Bulgarian: жи́телка (žítelka) — person living at a location or an area
  • Bulgarian: обита́тел (obitátel) — person living at a location or an area
  • Bulgarian: обита́телка (obitátelka) — person living at a location or an area
  • Catalan: resident — person living at a location or an area
  • Cebuano: lumulupyo — person living at a location or an area
  • Cebuano: residente — person living at a location or an area
  • Cherokee: ᎡᎯ (ehi) — person living at a location or an area
  • Chinese Cantonese: 居民 (geoi1 man4) — person living at a location or an area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居民 (jūmín) — person living at a location or an area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居住者 (jūzhùzhě) — person living at a location or an area
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mkazi — person living at a location or an area
  • Czech: obyvatel — person living at a location or an area
  • Czech: obyvatelka — person living at a location or an area
  • Danish: fastboende — person living at a location or an area
  • Danish: indbygger — person living at a location or an area
  • Dutch: inwoner — person living at a location or an area
  • Estonian: asukas — person living at a location or an area
  • Estonian: elanik — person living at a location or an area
  • Finnish: asukas — person living at a location or an area
  • French: résident — person living at a location or an area
  • French: résidente — person living at a location or an area
  • French: habitant — person living at a location or an area
  • French: habitante — person living at a location or an area
  • Galician: residente — person living at a location or an area
  • Georgian: მაცხოვრებელი (macxovrebeli) — person living at a location or an area
  • Georgian: მცხოვრები (mcxovrebi) — person living at a location or an area
  • German: Anwohner — person living at a location or an area
  • German: Anwohnerin — person living at a location or an area
  • German: Anrainer — person living at a location or an area
  • German: Anrainerin — person living at a location or an area
  • German: Einwohner — person living at a location or an area
  • German: Einwohnerin — person living at a location or an area
  • German: Bewohner — person living at a location or an area
  • German: Bewohnerin — person living at a location or an area
  • Greek: ένοικος (énoikos) — person living at a location or an area
  • Greek: κάτοικος (kátoikos) — person living at a location or an area
  • Ancient Greek: ἐντόπιος (entópios) — person living at a location or an area
  • Hebrew: תּוֹשָׁב (tosháv) — person living at a location or an area
  • Hebrew: תּוֹשֶׁבֶת — person living at a location or an area
  • Hindi: निवासी (nivāsī) — person living at a location or an area
  • Hindi: रहनेवाला (rahnevālā) — person living at a location or an area
  • Hindi: वासी (vāsī) — person living at a location or an area
  • Hungarian: lakos — person living at a location or an area
  • Hungarian: lakó — person living at a location or an area
  • Hungarian: állandó lakos — person living at a location or an area
  • Icelandic: íbúi — person living at a location or an area
  • Indonesian: penghuni — person living at a location or an area
  • Italian: residente — person living at a location or an area
  • Japanese: 居住者 (kyojūsha) — person living at a location or an area
  • Japanese: 住民 (jūmin) — person living at a location or an area
  • Kazakh: тұрғын (tūrğyn) — person living at a location or an area
  • Khmer: គេហជន (keihaʼcŭən) — person living at a location or an area
  • Kikuyu: mũikari — person living at a location or an area
  • Korean: 주민 (jumin) — person living at a location or an area
  • Korean: 거주자 (geojuja) — person living at a location or an area
  • Central Kurdish: ئەھل (ehil) — person living at a location or an area
  • Central Kurdish: خەلک (xelk) — person living at a location or an area
  • Central Kurdish: دانشتوان (daniştwan) — person living at a location or an area
  • Northern Kurdish: rûniştvan — person living at a location or an area
  • Northern Kurdish: şênî — person living at a location or an area
  • Kyrgyz: тургун (turgun) — person living at a location or an area
  • Latin: incola — person living at a location or an area
  • Latvian: iedzīvotājs — person living at a location or an area
  • Latvian: iedzīvotāja — person living at a location or an area
  • Lithuanian: gyventojas — person living at a location or an area
  • Lithuanian: gyventoja — person living at a location or an area
  • Macedonian: жител (žitel) — person living at a location or an area
  • Macedonian: жителка (žitelka) — person living at a location or an area
  • Malay: penghuni — person living at a location or an area
  • Malay: penduduk — person living at a location or an area
  • Māori: kainoho — person living at a location or an area
  • Marathi: रहिवासी (rahivāsī) — person living at a location or an area
  • Mongolian: суугч (suugč) — person living at a location or an area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: beboer — person living at a location or an area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fastboende — person living at a location or an area
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innbygger — person living at a location or an area
  • Pashto: مقيم (moqím) — person living at a location or an area
  • Pashto: مېشت (mešt) — person living at a location or an area
  • Pashto: مېشتی (méštay) — person living at a location or an area
  • Iranian Persian: ساکِن (sâken) — person living at a location or an area
  • Iranian Persian: اَهْل (ahl) — person living at a location or an area
  • Iranian Persian: مُقیم (moġim) — person living at a location or an area
  • Iranian Persian: باشَنْدِه (bâšande) — person living at a location or an area
  • Plautdietsch: Bewona — person living at a location or an area
  • Polish: mieszkaniec — person living at a location or an area
  • Polish: mieszkanka — person living at a location or an area
  • Polish: rezydent — person living at a location or an area
  • Polish: rezydentka — person living at a location or an area
  • Portuguese: morador — person living at a location or an area
  • Portuguese: residente — person living at a location or an area
  • Portuguese: habitante — person living at a location or an area
  • Portuguese: íncola — person living at a location or an area
  • Romanian: rezident — person living at a location or an area
  • Romanian: rezidentă — person living at a location or an area
  • Russian: жи́тель (žítelʹ) — person living at a location or an area
  • Russian: жи́тельница (žítelʹnica) — person living at a location or an area
  • Russian: резиде́нт (rezidént) — person living at a location or an area
  • Russian: резиде́нтка (rezidéntka) — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: стано̀внӣк — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: стано̀вница — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: жи́тељ — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: житељка — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: жи́тељица — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: stanòvnīk — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: stanòvnica — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: žítelj — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: žiteljka — person living at a location or an area
  • Serbo-Croatian: žíteljica — person living at a location or an area
  • Slovak: obyvateľ — person living at a location or an area
  • Slovak: obyvateľka — person living at a location or an area
  • Slovene: prebivalec — person living at a location or an area
  • Slovene: prebivalka — person living at a location or an area
  • Spanish: residente — person living at a location or an area
  • Spanish: habitante — person living at a location or an area
  • Spanish: munícipe — person living at a location or an area
  • Swahili: makao — person living at a location or an area
  • Swahili: mwenyeji — person living at a location or an area
  • Swahili: mkazi — person living at a location or an area
  • Swedish: boende — person living at a location or an area
  • Swedish: invånare — person living at a location or an area
  • Tajik: сокин (sokin) — person living at a location or an area
  • Tajik: аҳл (ahl) — person living at a location or an area
  • Tajik: бошанда (bošanda) — person living at a location or an area
  • Tatar: яшәүче (yäşäwçe) — person living at a location or an area
  • Thai: ผู้พักอาศัย (pûu-pák-aa-sǎi) — person living at a location or an area
  • Turkish: durgun — person living at a location or an area
  • Turkish: sakin — person living at a location or an area
  • Ukrainian: ме́шканець (méškanecʹ) — person living at a location or an area
  • Ukrainian: ме́шканка (méškanka) — person living at a location or an area
  • Ukrainian: жи́тель (žýtelʹ) — person living at a location or an area
  • Ukrainian: жи́телька (žýtelʹka) — person living at a location or an area
  • Urdu: رَہائِشی (rahāiśī) — person living at a location or an area
  • Urdu: رَہائِش پَذِیر (rahāiś pazīr) — person living at a location or an area
  • Urdu: باشِنْدَہ (bāśinda) — person living at a location or an area
  • Urdu: مُقِیم (muqīm) — person living at a location or an area
  • Urdu: اَہْل (ahl) — person living at a location or an area
  • Uyghur: ئاھالە (ahale) — person living at a location or an area
  • Uzbek: yashovchi — person living at a location or an area
  • Uzbek: turuvchi — person living at a location or an area
  • Vietnamese: cư dân — person living at a location or an area
  • Yiddish: אײַנוואוינער (aynvoyner) — person living at a location or an area
  • Yoruba: olùgbé — person living at a location or an area
  • Catalan: resident — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Finnish: erikoistuva lääkäri — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • French: interne — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • German: Assistentarzt — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Greek: ειδικευόμενος γιατρός (eidikevómenos giatrós) — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Hungarian: rezidens — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Hungarian: gyakorló orvos — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Hungarian: alorvos — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Hungarian: segédorvos — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Hungarian: klinikai képzésen részt vevő orvos — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Indonesian: dokter residen — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • Portuguese: residente — physician receiving specialized medical training
  • German: Resident — diplomatic representative
  • German: Residentin — diplomatic representative
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