What does "resident" mean?

Resident: Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.

Additional senses

  1. 2.One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
  2. 3.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.

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