Resident may refer to:

• Resident minister, a representative of a government in a foreign country
• Resident (medicine), a stage of postgraduate medical training
• Resident (pharmacy), a stage of postgraduate pharmaceutical training
• Resident engineer, an engineer or expert who works at client-side
• Resident, a person who maintains residency in a given place
• Resident, a person who has tax residence in a country or jurisdiction
• Resident, a patient at a long-term care facility or senior center
• Resident, a rank in the Indian Political Department of British India
• Resident (Second Life), a member of the Second Life community
• Resident DJ, a DJ who performs at a venue on a regular basis or permanently
• Resident spy, a spy who operates in a foreign country

• Resident (magazine), an Austrian music magazine
• The Resident (film), a 2011 film starring Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Christopher Lee
• The Resident (TV series), a 2018 American medical drama television series airing on Fox that was created by Amy Holden Jones
• The Residents, an American avant garde music and visual arts group

• Resident module, a program that stays in memory throughout the lifetime of a computing session
• Resident bird, a bird that does not migrate

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• Residency (disambiguation)