resident

A person who lives in a particular place.

• Residents want a new park.
• He is a longtime resident of the town.
• The building has twenty elderly residents.

How to use it: resident of somewhere (She is a resident of this village.)

Similar words: inhabitant

Common phrases: local resident, permanent resident, city resident

A person, animal, or plant that lives in a particular place.

• The pond has several feathered residents.
• These tiny plants are permanent residents of the forest floor.
• The island’s residents include people and rare birds.

How to use it: resident of somewhere (The owl is a resident of these woods.)

Similar words: inhabitant

Common phrases: forest resident, garden resident, permanent resident

A qualified doctor receiving further training while working in a hospital or clinic.

• A resident examined my knee.
• The surgical residents attended the morning meeting.
• He works as a resident at a large teaching hospital.

How to use it: resident in something (She is a resident in internal medicine.)

Common phrases: medical resident, surgical resident, first-year resident

Based in a particular place and usually available there.

• Ask our resident expert.
• The hotel has a resident musician.
• She became the theatre’s resident director last year.

Similar words: in-house, local

Common phrases: resident expert, resident artist, resident doctor

Living or staying in a particular place over a period of time.

• She is resident in France.
• Only resident families can apply for this service.
• Were you resident at this address last year?

How to use it: resident in somewhere (She is resident in Spain.); resident at somewhere (He was resident at that address for six years.)

Common phrases: resident in somewhere, permanently resident, resident abroad, resident owner