The designation of being a resident is not a prestigious label. There is a connection between the term resident and minister, as both words describe a person subject to or serving under a master or superior authority, and generally residing in a foreign place. In VattelÕs Law of Nations, the word resident is only used to describe a public minister giving a resident a public character in law, rather than living in private. A resident minister may also even be given a citizenship status, but of an inferior kind different than the original citizens or countrymen.
"You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property." Leviticus 25:45