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Resident, adj. and n.1 Also: -cid-; -sed-. [ME and e.m.E. resident adj. (Wyclif), noun (1487), L. resident-, stem of pres. p. of residēre Reside v. Cf. F. résident noun (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
A. adj. 1. Staying in a place in performance of, and as part of, some duty.Also in post-positional use, as the second element of a compound or quasi-compound.(1) 1456 Hay I 146/14.
Wagis ar nocht ordanyt to be gevin to persounis nocht resident 1548 Corr. M. Lorraine 243.
And I ma nocht gudly be daly resedent in your grace service 1567 Reg. Privy C. I 509.
Commandimentis … direct be hir majesteis self … or be hir counsall resident with hir majestie 1574 Ib. II 406.
Henry Killegrew, ambassadour for the quenis majestie of England, than resident in this realme 1622-6 Bisset I 92/26.
To the … persones of the said college of iustice, pro rato resident for the tyme to be devyded for thair pensionis(2) 1565 Edinb. Univ. MS La. iii 388a fol. 4b.
Ten pundis … to be distributit amangis the lordis residentis 1615 Inverness Rec. II 130.
Johne Chapman and hes airis maill, burgesses recidents in this burcht [pr. burt] 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 401.
The Count Mansfeild's agent recident at the court of England
2. Dwelling or residing in a place. b. fig. Present, or inherent, (in). 1531 Bell. 1531 Boece I 26.
Argyle, quhare King Fergus was resident for the time 1605 Conv. Burghs II 203.
Thair is … ma claith makeris resident to landward nor in the said fre burrowisb. 1586 Perth B. Ct. 28 Sept.
The plege of pest that wes laitlie resident at the said burght 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 81.
We deny that there is any vertue … resident in the word
B. noun. A diplomatic representative residing in a foreign country.Cf. 17th c. Eng., in this sense (1650). 1602 Lett. Jas. VI to Eliz. 145.
The Frenche resident thaire
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