sojourn

[ noun soh-jurn; verb soh-jurn, soh-jurn ]

/ noun ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn; verb ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, soʊˈdʒɜrn /

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noun

a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.

verb (used without object)

to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily: to sojourn on the Riviera for two months.

Nearby words

soilage, soilure, soiree, soissons, soixante-neuf, sojourn, soke, sokeman, sokemanry, soken, sokoto

Origin of sojourn

1200–50; (v.) Middle English sojurnen < Old French sojorner to rest, stay < Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, equivalent to Latin sub- sub- + diurn(us) of a day + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English sojurne < Old French sojorn, derivative of the v.; see journey

SYNONYMS FOR sojourn

2 visit, vacation, rest, stop.

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Related forms

so·journ·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for sojourner

Barbour actively backed six-term incumbent Thad Cochran for re-election and Sojourner ran the campaign of McDaniel.
Chris McDaniel’s Campaign Manager Hearts Haley Barbour|Ben Jacobs|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
No sojourner in that land has ever yet returned to give us his account of it.
Peter Parley's Own Story|Samuel G. Goodrich
The necessity that knows no law, is the only real slave driver, as the sojourner in Eastern exile knows full well.
In Court and Kampong|Hugh Clifford

No princess could have received a drawing-room with more composed (p. 236) dignity than Sojourner her audience.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
The sojourner or denizen is here distinguished from the stranger who had been naturalized, adopting their faith.
Usury|Calvin Elliott

British Dictionary definitions for sojourner

sojourn

/ (ˈsɒdʒɜːn, ˈsʌdʒ-) /

noun

a temporary stay

verb

(intr) to stay or reside temporarily

Derived Forms

sojourner, noun

Word Origin for sojourn

C13: from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin subdiurnāre (unattested) to spend a day, from Latin sub- during + Late Latin diurnum day

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