year-rounders

noun

plural of year-rounder
as in natives
a usually longtime resident of a locality year-rounders love the off-season, when the tourists are a bittersweet memory and once again they have the island all to themselves

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Recent Examples of year-rounders With the island’s population swelling to 80,000 in the summer, some year-rounders and second homeowners are already angsty about SUV-heavy traffic, an overrun historic Main Street, crowded restaurants and overflowing stores. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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  1. natives
  2. residents
Noun
  • El Paso natives and museum board members Barb Lancaster, John Denham and Brian Ulrich, Project XV’s curator, had known of Strother’s history, unlike other board members.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • My friends who were Philly natives were my tour guides, and I was inspired by their passion for the exhibits.
    — Lili Mei Granda Argianas, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • Following a community meeting attended by more than 200 Laramie County residents, Google and its partners are establishing a Community Council to address concerns about the effects of data center expansion on Cheyenne and surrounding communities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • That's three times Saline County's library levy and five times Craighead County's, which residents halved in 2022.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of residents

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“Year-rounders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/year-rounders. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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