SAMURAI
\sˈamjʊɹˌa͡ɪ], \sˈamjʊɹˌaɪ], \s_ˈa_m_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˌaɪ]\
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a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy
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feudal Japanese military aristocracy
By Princeton University
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a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy
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feudal Japanese military aristocracy
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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sam'[=oo]-r[=i], n. sing. (also pl.) a member of the military class in the old feudal system of Japan, including both daimios, or territorial nobles, and their military retainers: a military retainer, a two-sworded man. [Jap.]
By Thomas Davidson
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