nonresident

See also: non-resident

English

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Etymology 1

From non- +‎ resident.

Adjective

nonresident (not comparable)

  1. Not resident; not residing in the place in question.
    Synonyms: alien, foreign
    a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands
    • 2025 March 20, Amanda Taub, “‘This is worse’: Trump’s judicial defiance veers beyond the autocrat playbook”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 23 April 2025:
      The Trump administration’s tactics are highly unusual, said Andrew O’Donohue, a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who studies clashes between courts and elected leaders around the world.

Etymology 2

From Middle English non-resident, nounresident, equivalent to non- +‎ resident.

Noun

nonresident (plural nonresidents)

  1. One who is not a resident; an alien; a foreigner.
  2. (law) A person living in a country who is not a legal permanent resident of that country.
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