Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A resident.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Colloq. A resident.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
resident .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word residenter.
Examples
-
The creek where we found the "Burgess" is one that no steamer can enter, or even a sailing vessel, unless piloted by an old residenter of that neighborhood.
Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After Henry Bascom Smith
-
The house was quickly torn down and out jumped an old residenter, who was old and gray.
"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins
-
I've be'n a residenter in these parts fer it's goin 'on twenty year, an' I never seen the like -- bank-full an 'trees an' bresh so thick you can't hardly see no water.
Prairie Flowers 1921
-
An 'right off I began to hear stories about a big lobo -- a wolf that was an old residenter.
The Mysterious Rider Zane Grey 1905
-
Avenue with an old residenter and having him tell about the people you pass is like having the hall of fame directory read off to you.
At Good Old Siwash George Fitch 1896
-
He is generally an "auld residenter;" great, therefore, at the redding up of pedigrees.
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
-
Speaking like an old residenter, Tommy explained that he had brought his sister to see the church.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
-
I inquired whether he could explain to me the cause of the removal of the ancient cross, which used to be in the field exactly opposite to where we were then standing; but he said that, although he was an old residenter in Everton, he had not even been aware of the existence of such an object.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 Various 1836
-
The Norwich pasteur had probably another son named after himself, a commercial residenter in his native city; for two sons of a Jan Marie were baptized in Norwich French Church: (1) Jan on 3d February
George Washington's Rules of Civility Conway, M D 1890
-
He is a residenter too — I must tip him the cold shoulder, or he will be pestering me eternally.”
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.