Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Resiant \Res"i*ant\ (-ant), a. [OF. reseant, resseant, L.
   residens. See {Resident}.]
   Resident; present in a place. [Obs.]

         In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant.
                                                  --Spenser.

Resiant \Res"i*ant\, n.
   A resident. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.