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adjective

Resident adj.

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.

Fixed; stable; certain. (Obs.) "Stable and resident like a rock." "One there still resident as day and night."

noun

Resident n.

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

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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Resident" Quotes from Famous Books

... of four boarders and six backward sons of gentlemen resident in the town, and assembled daily in a large outhouse furnished with desks of a peculiar pattern, known to us as "scobs." Mr. Stimcoe, who had received his education as a "querister" at Winchester (and afterwards as a "servitor" at Pembroke ...

— Poison Island • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)

... the crucifix hanging in the chambers, religious prints upon the walls. One family is a family of atheists. I suppose the case, for as a matter of fact I know no such family. But I will suppose it. There is a school in the village, and in that school there hangs a crucifix, the gift of some pious resident. Ninety-nine fathers and mothers of the village desire that crucifix to be respected. One father and one mother (a bold supposition this!) desire it to be removed. The authorities send in a man who plucks it down, ...

— France and the Republic - A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces - During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 • William Henry Hurlbert

... were some of the scenes in connection with some of these importunate Indian deputations, who came from remote regions to plead with the resident missionary that they might have one of their own, to live among them and help them ...

— Oowikapun - How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians • Egerton Ryerson Young

... is about the best thing we have here," continued the Resident, pointing to a scene recalling the traditional pictures of Greenwich Fair, "the Royal Naval Exhibition. You see we have pictures and models and fireworks. Everything connected with the Navy inclusive ...

— Punch Among the Planets • Various

... with ball cartridges,' says he, reaching for another piece. 'Little over-zealous for a non-resident patriot, ...

— Roads of Destiny • O. Henry

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