Resident

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Resident has a number of meanings:

• Resident, a person who has residency somewhere (as in inhabitant, whether as a citizen or not).
• Resident alien, a person who is living in a particular foreign country for an extended period of time under authority or color of law, as opposed to a tourist, who is visiting the country without the intent to establish a residence in that country. The Oxford English Dictionary also calls words of foreign origin "resident aliens".
• Resident (title), the title of a number of officials who represented their state with diplomatic status, with low rank in the West, or in a protectorate or colonial entity, represented, for example, British interests or managed British affairs in territories where Britain had great influence, but did not have sovereignty or practiced indirect rule; a Resident-General was a colonial Resident with control over lesser Residents, e.g. in Malaya [1], or a Resident with a particularly important commission.
• Resident, the title for a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America, also known as a Resident Physician
• Resident spy, e.g. the head of a KGB mission in a particular country
• Living as a member of a household, such as a servant
• Resident [microbiology] micro-flora are microbes that are always present on or in the human body.
• Resident (animal), a bird or animal that does not migrate, but stays in the same location throughout the year.
• Resident, holder of a medical residency, a physician or other medical professional in a United States hospital, who after completing a specified level of schooling and an internship receives specialized clinical training.
• The Residents, an avant garde music and visual arts group, active since the 1970s, known for being largely anonymous.
• Resident (Magazine), an Austrian drum and bass focused music magazine.
• In music, a musician or disc jockey who performs regularly at a particular dance club or venue.

[edit] See also

• Resident Commissioner