resident - English dictionary definition

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Resident 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.
Resident Fixed; stable; certain.
Resident One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
Resident 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.
resident 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"
resident commissioner the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives
resident physician 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"