Resident
noun
1.
a person who resides in a place.
2.
a physician who joins the medical staff of a hospital as a salaried employee for a specified period to gain advanced training usually in a particular field, being in full-time attendance at the hospital and often living on the premises.
3.
a diplomatic representative, inferior in rank to an ambassador, residing at a foreign court.
4.
(formerly) a representative of the British governor general at a native court in India.
5.
(formerly) the governor of a residency in the Dutch East Indies.
adjective
6.
residing; dwelling in a place.
7.
living or staying at a place in discharge of duty.
8.
(of qualities) existing; intrinsic.
9.
(of birds) not migratory.
10.
encoded and permanently available to a computer user, as a font in a printer’s ROM or software on a CD-ROM.
(of a computer program) currently active or standing by in computer memory.
noun
1.
a person who resides in a place
2.
(social welfare) an occupant of a welfare agency home Former name inmate
3.
(esp formerly) a representative of the British government in a British protectorate
4.
(esp in the 17th century) a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador
5.
(in India, formerly) a representative of the British governor general at the court of a native prince
6.
a bird or other animal that does not migrate
7.
(US & Canadian) a physician who lives in the hospital where he or she works while undergoing specialist training after completing his or her internship Compare house physician
8.
(Brit & NZ) a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works
adjective
9.
living in a place; residing
10.
living or staying at a place in order to discharge a duty, etc
11.
(of qualities, characteristics, etc) existing or inherent (in)
12.
(of birds and other animals) not in the habit of migrating
resident res·i·dent (rěz’ĭ-dənt, -děnt’)
n.
A physician during residency.
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