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   resident

   /ˈrɛzɪd(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis: "it was a beautiful hamlet with just 100 residents" Similar inhabitantlocalhouseholderhomeownerhouseownercitizennativetownsmantownswomantaxpayeroccupantoccupiertenanthumorous:denizenburgherformal:dwellerrare:residentiaryindweller
   • ▪ a bird, butterfly, or other animal of a species that does not migrate: "arctic residents are joined annually by long-distance migrants"
   • ▪ a guest in a hotel who stays for one or more nights: British "the hotel restaurant is open to residents and guests of residents" Similar guestperson stayingboarderlodgerclientOpposite non-resident
   • ▪ a pupil who boards at a boarding school. US
   • ▪ a British government agent in any semi-independent state, especially the Governor General's agent at the court of an Indian state. historical
   • ▪ an intelligence agent in a foreign country.
   • 2. a medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under supervision in a hospital. North American

   adjective

   • 1. living somewhere on a long-term basis: "he has been resident in Brazil for a long time" Similar livingresidingin residencestayingremainingformal:dwellingarchaic:bidingrare:residentiarylive-inliving in
   • ▪ having quarters on the premises of one's work: "resident farm workers"
   • ▪ attached to and working regularly for a particular institution: "the film studio needed a resident historian" Similar permanentincumbenten posteOpposite visiting
   • ▪ (of a bird, butterfly or other animal) remaining in an area throughout the year; non-migratory: "resident mute swans and wintering Bewick's swans"
   • 2. (of a computer program, file, etc.) immediately available in computer memory, rather than having to be loaded from elsewhere: "an intangible computer program resident on a magnetic disk"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin resident- ‘remaining’, from the verb residere (see reside).

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