Usage Note
Résident can refer to a legal resident of a country, a resident of a care home, or in medical contexts, a hospital resident (junior doctor in training). The feminine form is résidente. In legal contexts, résident permanent ('permanent resident') is a fixed phrase. As an adjective it means 'residing' — population résidente ('resident population').
Examples
"Les résidents du quartier protestent contre le bruit."
Natural Translation
Residents of the neighbourhood are protesting against the noise.

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