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alien |
a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country. [1/6 definitions] |
Berliner |
a native or resident of Berlin. |
Blackfoot |
a member of an Algonquian Indian tribe formerly resident in Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. [1/2 definitions] |
Chicano |
an American citizen or resident of Mexican descent. |
citizen |
a resident of a town or city, esp. one entitled to civic privileges such as voting. [1/2 definitions] |
continental |
(usu. cap.) a resident of the European mainland. [1/6 definitions] |
coresident |
combined form of resident. |
Corinthian |
a native or resident of Corinth. [1/3 definitions] |
Damascene |
a native or resident of Damascus. [1/6 definitions] |
dwell |
to live or stay as a resident; reside. [1/3 definitions] |
earthling |
a human being, considered as a resident of the earth. |
Enrico Fermi |
an Italian physicist, U.S. resident after 1939 (b.1901--d.1954). |
-ese |
resident or native of. [1/4 definitions] |
geography |
the science of the earth's surface, including its physical features, climate, resident populations, political divisions, agriculture, natural resources, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
habitant1 |
inhabitant; resident. |
Hispanic |
a U.S. resident or citizen who is of Latin American or Spanish descent. [1/3 definitions] |
Hoosier |
(informal) a nickname for a native or resident of the state of Indiana. |
house physician |
the resident physician of a hospital, hotel, or other establishment. |
inhabitant |
someone or something that lives in a place; resident. |
Mississippian |
a native or resident of Mississippi. [1/4 definitions] |
Muscovite |
a native or resident of Moscow. [2 definitions] |
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