resident
Other forms: residents
A resident is someone who lives somewhere particular, or a doctor-in-training who takes care of the patients at a hospital under the supervision of other doctors.
You are a resident of wherever you live — your house, town, planet. (Let's assume we're all residents of Earth.) It's where you were born or where you've lived for awhile. Doctors who have their medical licenses but need more training become residents of hospitals. Animals that don't migrate are residents, too. Although it's usually a noun, it can be an adjective, like in the horror movie no one wants to live in, "Resident Evil."
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someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born thereantonyms:nonresidentsomeone who does not live in a particular placetypes:Alexandriana resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)coastera resident of a coastal areacoloniala resident of a colonydalesmana person who lives in the dales of northern Englandhousematesomeone who resides in the same house with youinmateone of several residents of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)metropolitana person who lives in a metropolisoutliera person who lives away from his place of workowner-occupieran occupant who owns the home that he/she lives insojournera temporary residentstatera resident of a particular state or group of statessuburbanitea resident of a suburbtenantany occupant who dwells in a placetowneetownsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dwellertype of:
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living in a particular place“resident aliens”antonyms:nonresidentnot living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents
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used of animals that do not migratesynonyms: nonmigratory
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a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital“the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital”synonyms: house physician, resident physician
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