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Resident turned Enid to Buddhism (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

denizen

'resident' is the definition.
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'turned enid to buddhism' is the wordplay.
'turned' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to buddhism' becomes 'zen' (Zen is an example).
'enid' with letters rearranged gives 'deni'.
'deni'+'zen'='DENIZEN'

(Other definitions for denizen that I've seen before include "Resident" , "Inhabitant, occupant" , "Inhabitant (of the deep?)" , "Person in foreign country enjoying rights of natives" , "Dweller" .)

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