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resident
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someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
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Other meanings
2. noun
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
3. adjective
living in a particular place
4. adjective
used of animals that do not migrate
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