Meat in stew for resident (6)
I believe the answer is:
inmate
'for resident' is the definition.
(inmate is a kind of resident)
'meat in stew' is the wordplay.
'stew' indicates an anagram.
'meat'+'in'='meatin'
'meatin' anagrammed gives 'INMATE'.
(Other definitions for inmate that I've seen before include "Lag" , "you mightn't want him to escape" , "Cell resident" , "Inhabitant of prison or hospital" , "One living in institution" .)