Resident /(-dent)/

Res·i·dent

Resident

a.
  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.]
    One there still resident as day and night.
    — Davenant.

Resident

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 inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4.