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Resident
ˈrɛzɪd(ə)nt
- a person who lives somewhere permanently or on a long-term basis
"it was a beautiful hamlet with just 100 residents"
- 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
"the hotel restaurant is open to residents and guests of residents"
- a pupil who boards at a boarding school
- a British government agent in any semi-independent state, especially the Governor General's agent at the court of an Indian state
- an intelligence agent in a foreign country
- a medical graduate engaged in specialized practice under supervision in a hospital
- living somewhere on a long-term basis
"he has been resident in Brazil for a long time"
- 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"
- (of a bird, butterfly or other animal) remaining in an area throughout the year; non-migratory
"resident mute swans and wintering Bewick's swans"
- (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"