resident
adjective
1. living in a particular place
- resident aliens
2. used of animals that do not migrate
Similar word(s): nonmigratory
Sentences with resident as an adjective:
- resident in the city or in the country
- He is our resident computer expert.
noun
1. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Similar word(s): occupant, occupier
Definition categories: person, denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
2. 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
- the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
Definition categories: person, doc, doctor, medico, physician
Sentences with resident as a noun:
- The tiger lily is a resident of Asia.
- She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.