resiant

English

Alternative forms

• resiaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Noun

resiant (plural resiants)

1. (obsolete) A resident. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England (Volume 3):

     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…

Adjective

resiant (comparative more resiant, superlative most resiant)

1. (obsolete) Resident. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     That was to weet the famous Troynovant, / In which her kingdomes throne is chiefly resiant.

Anagrams

• transie, stearin, stainer, anestri, retinas, tin ears, antsier, Stanier, retsina, rinsate, Reitans, erastin, atrines, starnie, nastier, retains, ratinés, restain, rainest, in tears, Stainer