resident
/ˈɹɛzɪdənt/ noun B2- A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
- A physician receiving postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic. · She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.
- A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
- A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
Plural residents
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Jonas Oldacre is a well-known resident of that suburb, where he has carried on his business as a builder for many years.
For centuries it had remained unchanged; but within the last few years its picturesque appearance and situation have attracted a number of well-to-do residents, whose villas peep out from the woods around.
The residents would call me a newcomer.
Watson were a resident instead of being merely a visitor,” said she.
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