Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who sojourns; a temporary resident; a stranger or traveler who dwells in a place for a time.
- noun A guest; a visitor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sojourns.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who
resides temporarily in a place
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a temporary resident
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sojourner.
Examples
-
Stopping only long enough to buy a newspaper, this sojourner is no more of a tourist than most of us.
Archive 2004-10-01 johnny_mango 2004
-
Stopping only long enough to buy a newspaper, this sojourner is no more of a tourist than most of us.
Rolling Through Town: A Man Named Foxfire johnny_mango 2004
-
The appointing of men of his own to guard the sojourner is a tacit admission to the effect that serious, danger really threatened.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
-
Madonna's commitment to Malawian orphans meant she could "not be described as a sojourner", he added.
ShoppingBlog.com 2009
-
The "sojourner," as we translate for want of a better term
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
-
The ger, "sojourner," is one whose stay in certain territory is only temporary.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
-
Madonna was no "sojourner" in Malawi, where she had demonstrated her commitment to the welfare of the country's more than one million orphans through her Raising Malawi charity, they pointed out.
-
"sojourner" and accused him of presuming to judge their behavior.
-
He could only be called a 'sojourner' there, for truth could not abide in that place long as a permanent resident. "
-
He could only be called a 'sojourner' there, for truth could not abide in that place long as a permanent resident. "
ofravens commented on the word sojourner
for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. (Psalm 38)
April 8, 2008