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sa·mu·rai
\ˈsam(y)əˌrī, ˈsämə-, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun
(plural samurai or samurais)
Etymology: Japanese
1.
a. : a military retainer of a Japanese daimyo practicing the chivalric code of Bushido, privileged to wear two swords, and having the power of life and death over commoners
b. : the warrior aristocracy of Japan — see shizoku
2. : a professional soldier
< used by the militarists to spread the idea of Japan as a nation of samurai — D.C.Buchanan > |