SOJOURN


Meaning of SOJOURN in English

— sojourner , n.

n. /soh"jerrn/ ; v. /soh"jerrn, soh jerrn"/ , n.

1. a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris.

v.i.

2. to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily: to sojourn on the Riviera for two months.

[ 1200-50; (v.) ME sojurnen sojorner to rest, stay subdiurnare, equiv. to L sub- SUB- + diurn ( us ) of a day + -are inf. suffix; (n.) ME sojurne sojorn, deriv. of the v.; see JOURNEY ]

Syn. 2. visit, vacation, rest, stop.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .