resident

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/ See IPA manual

Freq #6488

Meanings

1

noun
A person who lives in a particular place.

Local residents complained about the noise from the new factory.
2

adj
Living in a particular place.

The new rules apply to all resident aliens.
3

noun
A doctor receiving advanced training in a hospital.

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

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Synonyms

3 noun · a doctor receiving advanced... resident physician

Word family

Forms residents

Derived forms coresidente-residentnon-residentnonresidentresidencyresident-generalresidentalresidentship

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Phrases (1)

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resident commissioner
Puerto Rico's representative in the United States House of Representatives

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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.

*sed- Proto-Indo-European resident Middle English residēns Latin

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# resident

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/
**Frequency rank:** 6488

## Meanings
1. A person who lives in a particular place.
2. Living in a particular place.
3. A doctor receiving advanced training in a hospital.

## Examples
- Local residents complained about the noise from the new factory.
- The new rules apply to all resident aliens.
- She's a resident in neurosurgery at the city hospital.

## Derived Forms
- coresident
- e-resident
- non-resident
- nonresident
- residency
- resident-general
- residental
- residentship

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sed-
- Root: resident
- Root: residēns
- Affix: -ent - one who

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Resident comes 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. Modern senses include a person who lives in a particular place. and living in a particular place.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as coresident, e-resident, non-resident, nonresident, residency, and resident-general.

## Topics
- People & Society

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