nonresident

See also: non-resident

English

Alternative forms

• non-resident

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English non-

English resident

English nonresident

From non- + resident.

Adjective

nonresident (not comparable)

1. Not resident; not residing in the place in question.

   Synonyms: alien, foreign

   a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands

   • 2025 March 20, Amanda Taub, “‘This is worse’: Trump’s judicial defiance veers beyond the autocrat playbook”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 April 2025:

     The Trump administration’s tactics are highly unusual, said Andrew O’Donohue, a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who studies clashes between courts and elected leaders around the world.

Etymology 2

From Middle English non-resident, nounresident, equivalent to non- +‎ resident.

Noun

nonresident (plural nonresidents)

1. One who is not a resident; an alien; a foreigner.
2. (law) A person living in a country who is not a legal permanent resident of that country.

Synonyms

• (foreigner): outlander, outsider, peregrine; see also Thesaurus:foreigner