nonresident
Americanadjective
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not resident in a particular place.
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not residing where official duties require a person to reside.
noun
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a person who is not residing in the place implied or specified
the hotel restaurant is open to nonresidents
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a British person employed abroad on a contract for a minimum of one year, who is exempt from UK income tax provided that he does not spend more than 90 days in the UK during that tax year
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The 40 million residents of the Colorado River basin and nonresident beneficiaries of its water supply, including most Californians, will have to do more with less as global warming causes more and deeper droughts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Vincent H. Smith is a nonresident senior fellow and the director of agricultural policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
China's campaign of keeping tabs on dissidents around the world is motivated by the belief that criticism threatens the country's stability, said Claire Chu, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
About the author: Ben Cahill is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a regular contributor to Barron’s.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
Against the newcomers, profitable as they were, still existed the ancient antipathy of the resident for the nonresident.
From The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
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