Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RES'I-DENT
RES'I-DENCE, or RES'I-DEN-CYRES'I-DENT
RES'I-DENT, a. [L. residens; Fr. resident.]
Dwelling or having an abode in a place for a continuance of time, but not definite; as, a minister resident at the court of St. James. A. B. is now resident in South America.
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