English Dictionary
Definition of “resident”
resident (ˈrɛzɪdənt
)
Definitions
noun
- a person who resides in a place
- social welfare an occupant of a welfare agency home inmate
- (esp formerly) a representative of the British government in a British protectorate
- (esp in the 17th century) a diplomatic representative ranking below an ambassador
- (in India, formerly) a representative of the British governor general at the court of a native prince
- a bird or other animal that does not migrate
- US Canadian a physician who lives in the hospital where he or she works while undergoing specialist training after completing his or her internship Compare house physician
- British New Zealand a junior doctor, esp a house officer, who lives in the hospital in which he or she works
adjective
- living in a place; residing
- living or staying at a place in order to discharge a duty, etc
- (of qualities, characteristics, etc) existing or inherent (in)
- (of birds and other animals) not in the habit of migrating
Alternative Forms
ˈresidentˌship noun
Translations
- British English:
resident
The residents of a house or area are the people who live there.Local residents complained that the road was dangerous.ˈrɛzɪdənt NOUN Local residents complained that the road was dangerous.
- Spanish:
residente
nm
- French:
résident
nm
- German:
Einwohner
nm Einwohnerin
- Chinese: 居民 n
- Arabic: مُقِيم n
- Portuguese: residente n
- Russian: житель nm жительница
- Croatian: stanovnik nm
- Czech: místní občan nm místní občanka
- Danish: beboer nutr
- Dutch: bewoner nm
- Finnish: asukas n
- Greek: κάτοικος n
- Italian: residente nm__nf
- Japanese: 居住者 n
- Korean: 주민 n
- Norwegian: beboer nm
- Polish: rezydent nm rezydentka
- Brazilian Portuguese: residente n
- European Spanish:
residente
nm
- Swedish: vara bosatt v
- Thai: ผู้พักอาศัย n
- Turkish: sakin n
- Vietnamese: người dân n
Usage examples
A better little prison with accommodation for one resident jailer could hardly have been purpose built.
Matthews, Lew, A Conviction of Guilt (1993)This year's was only greenlighted a couple of weeks ago, following resident opposition to a licence.
NME (New Musical Express) (2002)In either case, a resident must be left with some "pocket money" from their pension.
Irish Times (2002)They are believed to have arrived when a resident brought two back from the mainland in 1974. There is now a population of 5000 adults.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O'Hearn were brought in as resident artists in 1960 and given a degree of creative autonomy.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)
