sojourner
/ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/US/soʊˈd͡ʒɝnɚ/
sojourner noun: a person who resides temporarily in a place.
Noun
sojourner (plural sojourners)
- A person who resides temporarily in a place.
- At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again.1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Economy”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 5
Proper noun capitalized: Sojourner
Sojourner
- A unisex given name from English.
sojourner meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Odia
sojourner in Tamil
- பரதேசி
sojourner in Bengali
- কিছু কালের জন্য প্রবাসী
sojourner in Telugu
- sojourner
- జంగము jaṅgamu
sojourner in Odia
- sojourner
- ପଥିକ pathika
Forms of sojourner
| plural | sojourners |
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Origin of sojourner
From Middle English sogorner, sojorner, sugyner, equivalent to sojourn + -er.
Words that rhyme with sojourner
Questions about sojourner
- What does sojourner mean?
- Sojourner means a person who resides temporarily in a place.
- What is sojourner in Tamil?
- Sojourner in Tamil is பரதேசி. See Sojourner meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sojourner?
- Sojourner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sojourner?
- Sojourner is pronounced /ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sojourner?
- The plural of sojourner is sojourners.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sojourner (page history and authors); Sojourner (page history and authors); sojourner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sojourner (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జంగము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ପଥିକ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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