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sojourner
/soʊˈd͡ʒɝnɚ/
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What does sojourner mean?
noun
- A person who resides temporarily in a place.
proper noun
- A unisex given name from English.
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/soʊˈd͡ʒɝnɚ/
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Wretch whom no sojourner, no citizen May harbor or address, whom all are bound To harry from their homes.
But with living on there, day after day, the acute sojourner became conscious of a new aspect in the spectacle.
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In all humility he spake to the people of Hebron, saying, "I am a stranger and a sojourner with you."
Many an Eastern dervish has, I think, got immortality upon less laziness and resignation than this temporary sojourner in Massachusetts.
The precision of boundaries impressed him with a sense of law and order, and of good administration in the country where he was a sojourner.