# rezident

Pronunciation: say "REZ-i-duhnt" /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/

## Noun

1. The chief intelligence officer directing a rezidentura, the spy station that a foreign service runs inside another country.
   - Simple: The top spy who runs a secret intelligence team in another country.
   - _The rezident coordinated three deep-cover agents from the embassy basement._
   - _Moscow recalled the rezident after the network was compromised._

## Origin

Borrowed from Russian резиде́нт (rezidént). It is a doublet of "resiant" and "resident".

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