resident

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who lives in a particular place.

   Local residents complained about the noise from the new factory.

2. 2
   adj

   Living in a particular place.

   The new rules apply to all resident aliens.

3. 3
   noun

   A doctor receiving advanced training in a hospital.

   She's a resident in neurosurgery at the city hospital.

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.

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