resident

CEFRC1

/ˈɹɛzɪdənt/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who lives in a particular place.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Living in a particular place.

Examples

  • Resident Evil 4 is one of the best games I have ever played.

  • What does "resident alien" mean?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɹɛzɪdənt] ~ [ˈɹɛzɪdn̩t]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

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

More examples

In context

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

  • A resident of the United States

  • resident in the city or in the country

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Origin

noun

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.