Nonresident Definition & Meaning

nonresident
adjective
  1. not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents; "nonresident students who commute to classes"; "nonresident real estate"
noun
  1. someone who does not live in a particular place; "described by an admiring nonresident as a green and pleasant land"

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