resiant adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •(no longer used) Resident.That was to weet the famous Troynovant, / In which her kingdomes throne is chiefly resiant. — 1596 noun1 •(no longer used) 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 formsresiants · more resiant · most resiant