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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Resident

/(-dent)/ · Res·i·dent · IPA /ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/
01 a. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resid…
  1. 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. 2.
    Fixed; stable; certain.[Obs.]
    “One there still resident as day and night.” — Davenant.
02 n. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
  1. 1.
    One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
  2. 2.
    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. See: Minister