n.
- a person who lives somewhere on a long-term basis.
▸a bird, butterfly, or other animal of a species that does not migrate.
▸Brit. a guest in a hotel who stays for one or more nights.
▸US a pupil who boards at a boarding school.
- N. Amer. a medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under supervision in a hospital.
- an intelligence agent in a foreign country.
- historical a British government agent in any semi-independent state, especially the Governor General's representative at the court of an Indian state.
adj.
- living somewhere on a long-term basis.
▸having quarters on the premises of one's work.
▸attached to and working regularly for a particular institution.
▸(of a bird, butterfly, or other animal) non-migratory.
- (of a computer program, file, etc.) immediately available in computer memory, rather than having to be loaded from elsewhere.
Derivative
- residentship n. (historical).
Etymology
ME: from L. resident-, residere ‘remain’.