Sojourner

//ˈsɒd͡ʒənə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who resides temporarily in a place.

    "At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again."

  2. 2
    a temporary resident wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A unisex given name from English.

Synonyms

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addresseeartist-in-residencedenizendwellerhabitanthabitue

Example

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"The Pathfinder Lander carried onboard a robotic rover named Sojourner. The 10 kilogram solar-powered rover was equipped with a spectrometer used to analyze the chemical composition of Martian rock and a camera which relayed images of the landscape back to Earth."

Etymology

From sojourn + -er.

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