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Sojourn

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry. Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there. Gen. xii. 30. Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn. Chaucer. The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. Hayward.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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