RESIDENT
ADJECTIVES
► INBIDING living or having one’s abode in a place, resident → 1834 Sc.
► LEDGER remaining in a place; resident; permanent; stationary → 1547 obs.
► MANSIONARY staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident → 1447 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABIDER a person who stays in a place; a dweller; a resident → 1440
► ANCHOR RELATIVE a legally recognized resident of a country who acts as a sponsor for a family member who wants to emigrate to his or her relative’s country → 1979 US
► HABITANT one who dwells or resides in a place; a resident; an inhabitant; a dweller → 1490
► HABITATOR a dweller, resident, inhabiter → 1646 obs.
► HABITUÉ one who has the habit of going to or frequenting a place, esp. a place of amusement or recreation ► a habitual visitor or temporary resident → 1818
► HOME GUARD a resident of a place; a native → 1900s US circus & tramps’ sl.
► IDENTITY a resident of long standing in a particular place → 1862 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LEDGER one who is permanently or constantly in a place; a resident → 1599 obs.
► LIVER an inhabitant, a resident → 1678 Amer. dial.
► LOCAL-YOKEL a well-known resident → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► OLD IDENTITY a person who has lived in the same place for a long time, a regular resident → 1862 Aust. & NZ sl.
► OLD RESIDENTER a resident, an inhabitant; esp. an early settler; a longtime resident → 1827 Amer. dial.
► OLD STANDARD an old-established resident; a person of old standing; an old family → 1872 Eng. dial.
► OLD-TIMER one whose residence, membership, or experience dates from long ago → Aust. sl.
► PACK-SACK CITIZEN a short-term resident of any place, living, as it were, out of a packsack (backpack or rucksack) → 1966 Can. sl.
► RESIDENTER a resident, an inhabitant; esp. an early settler; a longtime resident → 1709 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► TOWNER a local resident → 1980 US circus and carnival usage
► WASH-ASHORE a visitor or non-native resident → 1983 Amer. dial.
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