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Samurai

Samurai Meaning & Definition
Samurai Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Samurai?

[n] feudal Japanese military aristocracy
[n] a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy

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Samurai In Webster's Dictionary

\Sa"mu*rai`\, n. pl. & sing. [Jap.] In the former feudal system of Japan, the class or a member of the class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting the gentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and death over the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark. Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall of feudalism in 1871.

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