Defn: An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.
SOJER
So"jer, n. & v. i.
Defn: Var. of Soldier. [Dial. or Slang]
SOJOURN
So"journ, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sojourned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sojourning.]
Etym: [OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner, sejorner, F. séjourner,
fr. L. sub under, about + diurnus belonging to the day. See Journal,
Diurnal.]
Defn: 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.
SOJOURN
So"journ, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F. séjour. See
Sojourn, v. i.]
Defn: A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
Though long detained In that obscure sojourn. Milton.
SOJOURNER
So"journ*er, n.
Defn: One who sojourns.
We are strangers before thee, and sojourners. 1. Chron. xxix. 15.
SOJOURNING
So"journ*ing, n.