Definition of "resident" []

• One who resides in a particular place permanently or for an extended period, as: (noun)
• A diplomatic official residing in a foreign seat of government. (noun)
• A colonial official acting as adviser to the ruler of a protected state, often having quasi-gubernatorial powers. (noun)
• A member of an intelligence-gathering or nonuniformed law enforcement agency who resides and oversees operations in a certain locale: the FBI resident in St. Louis. (noun)
• One who lives in a dormitory. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The gunman apparently confirmed, 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui, a South Korea, who was also what they called a resident alien."
• "So it's really about the tax code and what it defines as a resident alien."
• "(inaudible) - and the chairman; then we have - what they call the resident electoral commissioners, that every state has one."