resident | |
1. n. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area. | |
The tiger lily is a resident of Asia. | |
2. n. A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year. | |
3. n. A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty. | |
She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General. | |
4. n. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador. | |
5. n. (legal) a legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency. | |
6. adj. 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 | |
7. adj. Based in a particular place; on hand; local. | |
He is our resident computer expert. | |
8. adj. (obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain. | |
9. adj. (computing, of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory. | |