# resident
## English
### 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 (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant and rezident. The espionage sense is a semantic loan from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛzɪdənt

### Noun

resident (plural residents)
* A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
** 1868, Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Harper's, volume 37, page 303:The tiger is a resident of the Lower Amoor, and ranges as high as 53° north latitude. In winter he roams through the same forests with the reindeer, and occasionally dines upon venison of his own catching.
** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
** 1953, Woodbridge Metcalf, “Trees of Las Posadas”, in Pamphlets on Conservation of Natural Resources, volume 15, Northwest Regional Council:The acorns are more slender and pointed than the other and this tree is a resident of foothills all around the great valley up to elevations of about 3500 feet.
* A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
* A physician receiving specialized medical training.
    She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.
* (diplomacy) A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
* (law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
* (espionage) Alternative form of rezident

#### Derived terms

* coresident
* dual resident
* e-resident
* non-resident
* permanent resident
* residency
* resident alien
* resident-general
* resident minister
* residentship
* Southern resident orca

#### Translations
### Adjective

resident (comparative more resident, superlative most resident)
* Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
    resident in the city or in the country
* Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
    He is our resident computer expert.
** 2023 November 1, “Network News: Strong industry interest as Positive Traction launches '08e'”, in RAIL, number 995, page 19:Across the country, around 180 Class 08/09s are still registered with main line operators and spot hire companies as well as at various industrial sites, while around 70 more are resident at heritage railways.
* (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
** 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC:stable and resident like a rock
** 1651, William Davenant, Gondibert:one there still resident as day and night
* (computing, of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “resident”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “resident”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “resident”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Dniester, Neiderts, desertin', disenter, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, sentried, sintered, tendries, trendies

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin residentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rə.ziˈðen]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rə.ziˈðent]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.ziˈðent]

### Noun

resident m or f by sense (plural residents)
* resident

#### Related terms

* residència
* residir

### Further reading

* “resident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “resident”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “resident” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “resident” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Ladin
### Noun

resident m (plural residenc)
* resident

## Latin
### Verb

resident
* third-person plural present active indicative of resideō

## Maltese
### Alternative forms

* residenti

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian residente.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛ.sɪˈdɛnt/

### Noun

resident m (plural residenti, feminine residenta)
* resident

#### Related terms

* residenza
* residenzjali

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin residentem, accusative singular of residēns, from the verb resideō.

### Adjective

resident m (oblique and nominative feminine singular resident or residente)
* resident; residing

### References

* resident on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub