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resident

2 adjective
     
resident2
1 formal living in a place
resident in
Many retired British people are now resident in Spain.
2 [only before noun] living or working in a particular place or institution:
a resident tutor
The resident population of mental hospitals has fallen by 20%.
3 [only before noun] belonging to a particular group of people - used humorously:
He's our resident expert on computer games.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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