1. Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
   "The residents of the apartment had lived there for over a decade";
   - occupant, occupier
    
2. [N. Amer] 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";
   - house physician, resident physician

1. Living in a particular place
   "resident aliens"
    
2. Used of animals that do not migrate
   "The resident birds stayed in the area year-round";
   - nonmigratory

Derived forms: residents

Type of: denizen, doc [informal], doctor, Dr., dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, MD, medico [informal], physician, sawbones [informal]

Antonym: nonresident

Encyclopedia: Resident