sojourn

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

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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.

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

Related formsso·journ·er, noun

Synonyms for sojourn

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2. visit, vacation, rest, stop.

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Related Words for sojourner

traveler, settler, customer, patron, visitor, caller, companion, inmate, client, recipient, tenant, vacationer, crusader, wanderer, pioneer, lodger, transient, boarder, frequenter

Examples from the Web for sojourner

Contemporary Examples of sojourner

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Chris McDaniel’s Campaign Manager Hearts Haley Barbour
Ben Jacobs
July 7, 2014

Historical Examples of sojourner

Be not silent: for I am a stranger with Thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life
St. Thomas Aquinas
Then Blent had been the centre of his life, and in town he was but a stranger and a sojourner.
Tristram of Blent
Anthony Hope
I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass
Has it turned aside, like a stranger and a sojourner, to tarry for a night?
My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass
I am a stranger with Thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
The Life of David
Alexander Maclaren

British Dictionary definitions for sojourner

sojourn

noun

a temporary stay

verb

(intr) to stay or reside temporarily

Derived Formssojourner, 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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Word Origin and History for sojourner

"temporary resident," 15c., agent noun from sojourn (v.).

sojourn

late 13c., "stay temporarily, reside for a time; visit;" also "reside permanently, dwell;" from Old French sojorner "stay or dwell for a time," from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnare "to spend the day" (source also of Italian soggiornare), from Latin sub- "under, until" (see sub-) + diurnare "to last long," from diurnus "of a day," from diurnum "day" (see diurnal). Modern French séjourner formed via vowel dissimilation. Related: Sojourned; sojourning.

sojourn

mid-13c., "temporary stay, visit," from Anglo-French sojorn, variant of Old French sejorn, from sejorner "stay or dwell for a time" (see sojourn (v.)).