sojourner
nounUK /ˈsɒd͡ʒənə/ · CA, US /soʊˈd͡ʒɝnɚ/
Etymology From Middle English sogorner, sojorner, sugyner, equivalent to sojourn + -er.
1
A person who resides temporarily in a place.
- At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again.1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Economy”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 5:
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- sojourn