Meaning of RESIDENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'rezidunt
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
- [n] someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- [adj] living in a particular place; "resident aliens"
- [adj] used of animals that do not migrate
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | house physician, nonmigratory, occupant, occupier, resident physician |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | migratory, nonresident | | |
| | See Also: | | coaster, colonial, dalesman, denizen, doc, doctor, Dr., dweller, Galilaean, Galilean, inhabitant, inmate, Latin American, MD, medico, metropolitan, outlier, owner-occupier, physician, sojourner, Spanish American, stater, suburbanite, tenant, towner, townsman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Res"i*dent\ (-dent), a. [F. r['e]sident, L. residens,
-entis, p. pr. of residere. See {Reside}.]
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. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] ``Stable and resident like
a rock.'' --Jer. TAylor.
One there still resident as day and night.
--Davenant.
\Res"i*dent\, n.
1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign
court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank
inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under
{Minister}, 4.
|
| |
| Biology Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | A physician who has completed medical school and an internship and is in the process of receiving specialized training. |
| |
|
|