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nonresident en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From non- + resident.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not resident; not residing in the place in question.
    • a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands
    • 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. 2025 March 20, Amanda Taub, “‘This is worse’: Trump’s judicial defiance veers beyond the autocrat playbook”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025:

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Synonyms

alien · foreign

nonresident en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

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Synonyms

outlander (foreigner) · outsider · peregrine