resider

noun

Definition of residernext
as in resident
one who lives permanently in a place was born in the U.S. but is now a resider of Dresden, Germany

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  1. resident
  2. occupant
  3. inhabitant
Noun
  • In the port city of Mokha, residents said rockets hit several buildings, including a hospital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Matthew Unglesbee, a 36-year-old resident of Quincy in southwestern Illinois, was charged with violations related to false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of resident
Noun
  • Two of the male occupants later returned to the scene, took items from the vehicle and left in a gray Nissan Altima, according to police.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors said two occupants of vehicle were juveniles at the time.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of occupant
Noun
  • Rugged island Flores, located in the southeast of the Indonesian archipelago, is one of a handful of islands in the world’s most populous Muslim nation with a Christian majority, with 80% of its two million inhabitants identifying as Roman Catholic.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The very few people who live there work on sheep ranches, and in some areas the population density is as low as one-tenth of an inhabitant per square mile.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of inhabitant
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“Resider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resider. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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