1 a person who lives in a particular place or who has their home there:
a resident of the United States * There were confrontations between local residents and the police.
2 a person who is staying in a hotel:
The hotel restaurant is open to non-residents.
3 a doctor working in a hospital in the US who is receiving special advanced training
compareREGISTRAR
adjective living in a particular place:
the town's resident population (= not tourists or visitors) * to be resident abroad / in the US * Tom's our resident expert (= our own expert) on foreign movies.
