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A resident is a person who lives somewhere or a medical student in training. (noun)

  1. An example of a resident is someone who lives in Florida.
  2. An example of a resident is a first year medical student working at a hospital.

Resident describes living somewhere on a long-term basis or working somewhere in-house. (adjective)

  1. An example of a phrase using resident as an adjective is a resident Floridian, which is a person who lives in Florida.
  2. An example of a phrase using resident as an adjective is a resident expert on legal affairs, a lawyer who works in-house at a company.

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