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Samurai   /sˈæmʊrˌaɪ/  /sˈæmərˌaɪ/   Listen
Samurai

noun
1.
A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
2.
Feudal Japanese military aristocracy.





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"Samurai" Quotes from Famous Books



... us. And then, there's another thing. Kato's father was killed on Guadalcanal, in 1942, when he was only five. After that he was brought up in the teachings of Bushido by his grandfather, an old-time samurai. Bushido is open to some criticism, but nobody can show where double-crossing your own gang is good Bushido. And today, Japan is allied with the Western Union, and in any case, he wouldn't help the Komintern. The Japs'll forgive Russia for that Mussolini back-stab in 1945 after ...
— The Mercenaries • Henry Beam Piper
... of "Madam Butterfly" know, there is no one, since the death of Lafcadio Hearn, who can make Japanese life so charming as does Mr. Long. This story of the little samurai, hardly big enough to be a soldier, and of how the fair eta Hoshiko met his obligations for him, is very real ...
— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis


Words linked to "Samurai" :   Nipponese, Japanese, warrior, nobility, aristocracy


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