jour´ney|er

jour´ney|er
jour|ney «JUR nee», noun, plural -neys, verb, -neyed, -ney|ing.
–n.
1. a traveling from one place to another; trip: »

a journey around the world.

SYNONYM(S): excursion, tour, voyage, jaunt. See syn. under trip. (Cf. ↑trip)
2. a distance traveled: »

a week's journey.

3. Obsolete. a day's travel: »

a place ten journeys from here.

–v.i.
to take a trip; travel: »

to journey to Europe. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south (Genesis 12:9).

╂[< Old French journee day's work or travel < Vulgar Latin diurnāta events of a day < diurnum day, noun use of neuter of Latin diurnus of one day < diēs day]
–jour´ney|er, noun.

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