nonresident

[non-rez-i-duh nt]

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adjective

not resident in a particular place.
not residing where official duties require a person to reside.

noun

a person who is nonresident.

Origin of nonresident

First recorded in 1520–30; non- + resident

Related formsnon·res·i·dence, non·res·i·den·cy, noun

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Examples from the Web for non-resident

Contemporary Examples

Benny (n.)— a non-resident of the New Jersey shore region who descends on the locale during the summer months.
Snooki Dictionary for Her Book, A Shore Thing
Jaimie Etkin
January 4, 2011

Historical Examples

He was non-resident, and the numerous churches were served by a curate.
The Parish Clerk (1907)
Peter Hampson Ditchfield
It was also represented on the board of instruction by a non-resident lecturer.
Unitarianism in America
George Willis Cooke
In all there were about two hundred thousand non-resident voters in England and Wales.
The Government of England (Vol. I)
A. Lawrence Lowell
The non-resident trapper has to pay a license of fifteen dollars and the local trapper a license of three dollars.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper
Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
Don Ramón would receive orders to carry his district for some non-resident, who might not have lived there more than a day or two.
The Torrent
Vicente Blasco Ibaez

British Dictionary definitions for non-resident

nonresident

noun

a person who is not residing in the place implied or specifiedthe hotel restaurant is open to nonresidents
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

adjective

not residing in the place specified

Derived Formsnonresidence or nonresidency, noun

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Word Origin and History for non-resident

n.

also nonresident, early 15c., from non- + resident.

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Examples from the Web for non-resident

Contemporary Examples

Benny (n.)— a non-resident of the New Jersey shore region who descends on the locale during the summer months.

Historical Examples

He was non-resident, and the numerous churches were served by a curate.

It was also represented on the board of instruction by a non-resident lecturer.

In all there were about two hundred thousand non-resident voters in England and Wales.

The non-resident trapper has to pay a license of fifteen dollars and the local trapper a license of three dollars.

Don Ramón would receive orders to carry his district for some non-resident, who might not have lived there more than a day or two.

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Word Origin and History for non-resident

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Origin of nonresident