Definition of Sojourner

1. Noun. A temporary resident.

Generic synonyms: Occupant, Occupier, Resident
Derivative terms: Sojourn

Definition of Sojourner

1. n. One who sojourns.

Definition of Sojourner

1. Noun. a person who resides temporarily in a place ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sojourner

1. one that sojourns [n -S] - See also: sojourns

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sojourner

soils
soilure
soilures
soily
soiree
soiree musicale
soirees
soitenly
soixante-neuf
soja
soja bean
sojas
sojer
sojourn
sojourned
sojourner
sojourners
sojournest
sojourneth
sojourning
sojournment
sojournments
sojourns
soju
sokah
sokahs
sokaiya
sokaiyas
soke
sokeman

Literary usage of Sojourner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rev. Calvin Fairbank During Slavery Times: How He "fought the Good Fight" to by Calvin Fairbank (1890)
"I must not forget Sojourner. I met her first ai Worcester, Massachusetts, ... Sojourner was seated on the steps to the desk. A young graduate from the ..."

2. A Short History of the American Negro by Benjamin Griffith Brawley (1919)
"Sojourner Truth.—Two Negroes, because of their unusual gifts, ... Sojourner Truth was born of slave parents about 1798 in Ulster County, New York. ..."

3. Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana which are Contained in the Holy by Emanuel Swedenborg (1857)
"And mine anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword, and your women shall become widows and your sons orphans. And a sojourner ..."

4. The Negro in American History: Men and Women Eminent in the Evolution of the by John Wesley Cromwell (1914)
"This led to her giving up her own name and assuming that of Sojourner, to which she added Truth. From New York she went to New England where she ultimately ..."

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