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nonresident

American  
[non-rez-i-duhnt] / nɒnˈrɛz ɪ dənt /

adjective

  1. not resident in a particular place.

  2. not residing where official duties require a person to reside.


noun

  1. a person who is nonresident.

nonresident British  
/ nɒnˈrɛzɪdənt /

noun

  1. a person who is not residing in the place implied or specified

    the hotel restaurant is open to nonresidents

  2. 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. not residing in the place specified

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of nonresident

First recorded in 1520–30; non- + resident

Example Sentences

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“Machado is caught in a bind,” said Geoff Ramsey, an expert on Venezuela and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“The aid wouldn’t surprise me, but there are also coverage gaps in Russian satellite imagery,” said Nicole Grajewski, nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

About the author: Clifford Winston is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Market Corrections Not Government Interventions: A Path to Improve the U.S.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

“Don’t let the threat of a shutdown or even the reality of a shutdown affect your tax filing,” said Howard Gleckman, a nonresident fellow at the Tax Policy Center.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Accordingly, only so long as the property affected has been brought under control of the Court, will a judgment obtained thereto without personal notice to a nonresident defendant be effective.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel