sojourner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who stays temporarily in a place rather than settling there permanently

   Though welcomed by the village, the sojourner planned to leave before winter.

From Middle English sojorner, an agent noun based on sojourn. Sojourn entered through Old French from a late Latin formation meaning 'to spend the day' and developed the broader sense of residing somewhere temporarily.

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