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Definition of Sojourner
1. Noun. A temporary resident.
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
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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