resident

noun [C]

/ˈrez·ɪ·dənt/

Definition

› someone who lives in a place: The local residents were angry at the lack of parking spaces. › A resident is also a doctor who is working, usually in a hospital, to get practical experience and training in a special area of medicine.

(Definition of resident noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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