resident
resident is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.
- 2.One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- advocate
- agent
- alphabetarian
- alumnus
- amateur
- ambassador
- and
- apostle
- apprentice
- arbitrator
- articled
- attache
- attorney
- auctioneer
- auditor
- bagman
- bailiff
- beginner
- broker
- business
- catechumen
- charge
- chela
- class
- clerk
- college
- commercial
- commissary
- commission
- commissionaire
- commissioner
- committee
- condisciple
- consignee
- consul
- corps
- correspondent
- curator
- debutant
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is resident.
- What is fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant called?
- What is one who resides or dwells in a place for some time called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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