Category:Resident

Res"i*dent (-dent), a. Etym: [f. résident, l. residens, -entis, p. Pr. of residere. See reside.]

1. 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.

2. Fixed; stable; certain. [obs.] "stable and resident like a rock." Jer. Taylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.

Resident Res"i*dent, n.

1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.

2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a Term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferrior to that of Ambassadors. See the note under minister,4.