resident

Meanings

Noun

• A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
• A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
• A physician receiving specialized medical training.
• A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
• A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
• Alternative of rezident

Adjective

• Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
• Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
• Fixed; stable; certain.
• Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.

Origin

• From Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō, from re- + sedeō. resiant.