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resiant

resiant noun: a resident.

Noun

resiant (plural resiants)

  1. (obsolete) A resident.
    • Another section enacts, that "no subject of this realm that now is, or hereafter shall be, an inhabitant or resiant of this kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick-upon-Tweed…1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England (Volume 3)

Adjective

resiant (comparative more resiant, superlative most resiant)

  1. (obsolete) Resident.
    • That was to weet the famous Troynovant, / In which her kingdomes throne is chiefly resiant.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of resiant

Noun
pluralresiants
alternative formresiaunt
Adjective
comparativemore resiant
superlativemost resiant

Origin of resiant

From Middle English reseaunt, resseaunt, from Anglo-Norman reseant, Middle French resseant etc., from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō. Doublet of resident and rezident.

Questions about resiant

What does resiant mean?
Resiant means a resident.
What part of speech is resiant?
Resiant can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of resiant?
The plural of resiant is resiants.

Words near resiant in the dictionary

  1. resi
  2. Resia
  3. Resian
  4. resiance
  5. resiances
  6. resiant
  7. resiants
  8. resiaunt
  9. resiaunts
  10. resibufagenin
  11. resibufogenin

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