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Webster 1913 Edition
Resiant
Res′i-ant
(-ant)
, Adj.
Resident; present in a place.
[Obs.]
In which her kingdom’s throne is chiefly
resiant
. Spenser.
Res′i-ant
,Noun.
A resident.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.
Webster 1828 Edition
Resiant
RE'SIANT
,Adj.
Resident; dwelling; present in a place. Obs.
Definition 2024
resiant
resiant
English
Alternative forms
- resiaunt (obsolete)
Noun
resiant (plural resiants)
- (obsolete) A resident. [15th-19th c.]
Adjective
resiant (comparative more resiant, superlative most resiant)
- (obsolete) Resident. [15th-19th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:
- That was to weet the famous Troynovant, / In which her kingdomes throne is chiefly resiant.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11: