Resident Coordinator — A United Nations Resident Coordinator is the highest United Nations official in a country (except when there is a mission of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations or similar, in which case the Special Representative of the Secretary General… … Wikipedia
resident — /ˈrɛzədənt/ (say rezuhduhnt) noun 1. someone who resides in a place. 2. British a resident ambassador. 3. a bird, animal, etc., that does not migrate. –adjective 4. residing; dwelling in a place. 5. a. living or staying at a place in discharge of …
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico — Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico … Wikipedia
Resident Commissioner — is the title of several, quite different types of Commissioner in overseas possession or protectorate of the British Crown or of the U.S.A.British EnglishResident Commissioners appointed by the British crown have in common that they, but also… … Wikipedia
Resident — Res i*dent, n. 1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time. [1913 Webster] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
resident — ► NOUN 1) a person who lives somewhere on a long term basis. 2) Brit. a guest in a hotel who stays for one or more nights. 3) US a pupil who boards at a boarding school. 4) N. Amer. a medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under… … English terms dictionary
resident commissioner — ☆ resident commissioner n. a nonvoting representative, of a U.S. dependency, to the House of Representatives … English World dictionary
Resident (title) — A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country. A representative of his government, he officially has diplomatic functions which are often seen as a form of indirect… … Wikipedia
Resident Commissioners from the Philippines — From 1907 until 1946, the Philippines sent what were called Resident Commissioners to the United States House of Representatives to represent the island state, which was a U.S. territory from 13 August 1898 (on 15 November 1935 it became the… … Wikipedia
resident — residentship, n. /rez i deuhnt/, n. 1. a person who resides in a place. 2. a physician who joins the medical staff of a hospital as a salaried employee for a specified period to gain advanced training usually in a particular field, being in full… … Universalium
