"permanent resident" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: permanent residents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} permanent resident (plural permanent residents)
  1. A person with permanent residency, a visa status which allows that person to reside indefinitely in a foreign country without acquiring citizenship in that country. Hypernyms: resident Related terms: denizen, landed immigrant Coordinate_terms: resident alien Translations (person with permanent residency): постоянен жител (postojanen žitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 永久居民 (yǒngjiǔ jūmín) (Chinese Mandarin), pysyvän oleskeluluvan haltija (Finnish), résident de longue durée [masculine] (French), résident permanent [Canada, masculine] (French), residente permanente [feminine, masculine] (Galician), állandó tartózkodási engedéllyel rendelkező személy (Hungarian), mastautin (Malay), stały mieszkaniec [masculine] (Polish), stała mieszkanka [feminine] (Polish), residente permanente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), постоя́нный жи́тель (postojánnyj žítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), постоя́нная жи́тельница (postojánnaja žítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), residente permanente [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), thường trú dân (Vietnamese)

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