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  • 11Residént — (lat.), s.v.w. Ministerresident (s. Gesandte). – R. ist auch Titel der Gouverneure in Niederländ. Ostindien; Residentschaften die dortigen Verwaltungsbezirke …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 12Resident — Resident, s. Gesandter; Residenz: der Ort, wo ein Fürst oder hoher kirchlicher Würdeträger wohnt (residirt) die Verpflichtung der Geistlichen, in ihrem Amtsorte zu wohnen …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 13resident — late 14c., as an adj.; see RESIDE (Cf. reside) + ANT (Cf. ant). The noun meaning one who resides is from late 15c. Meaning medical graduate in practice in a hospital as training first attested 1892, Amer.Eng …

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  • 14resident — n *inhabitant, denizen, citizen …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 15resident — [n] person living in a particular place citizen, denizen, dweller, habitant, householder, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, liver, local, lodger, native, occupant, resider, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite; concept 413 …

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  • 16resident — ► NOUN 1) a person who lives somewhere on a long term basis. 2) Brit. a guest in a hotel who stays for one or more nights. 3) US a pupil who boards at a boarding school. 4) N. Amer. a medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under… …

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  • 17resident — [rez′idənt, rez′ident΄] adj. [ME < L residens, prp.] 1. living in a place for some continuous period; having a residence (in or at); residing 2. living or staying in a place while working, carrying on official duties, etc.; being in residence… …

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  • 18Resident — A resident is a person that lives on a street residency in a given place.Resident may also refer to:*Resident (title), the title of certain colonial and/or diplomatic officials who represented their state with diplomatic status, with low rank in… …

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  • 19résident — (ré zi dan) s. m. Envoyé qui réside auprès d un souverain étranger, et qui est moins qu un ambassadeur et plus qu un agent. •   Crécy avait été résident en plusieurs cours d Allemagne dont il connaissait parfaitement le droit public, SAINT SIMON… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 20resident — I UK [ˈrezɪd(ə)nt] / US [ˈrezɪdənt] noun [countable] Word forms resident : singular resident plural residents *** 1) someone who lives in a particular place Many local residents have objected to the scheme. resident in: Thousands of foreign… …

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