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The definition of nonresident is not living in a specific place.

(adjective)

An example of a nonresident used as an adjective is a nonresident fee, a fee charged by a state university if the student is not a permanent resident of that state.

Nonresident is defined as a person who works, goes to school or stays in a different city or area from where their home is located.

(noun)

An example of a nonresident is someone who goes to school in New York, but lives in Los Angeles.

See nonresident in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not residing in a specified place; esp., having one's home in some locality other than where one works, attends school, etc.

noun

one whose permanent home is not where one is staying
one who lives away from the locality of one's business, school, etc.

Related Forms:

nonresidence noun or nonresidency
nonresidential adjective

See nonresident in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Not living in a particular place: nonresident students who commute to classes.
Chiefly New England Of or relating to real estate owned by persons who are resident only in the summer.

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