Meaning Of The Word Samurai

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samurai
countable noun: In former times, a samurai was a member of a powerful class of fighters in Japan.

samurai in American English
in feudal Japan, a member of a military class, consisting of the retainers of the daimyos: a samurai wore two swords and lived by the code of Bushido
noun: a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan

samurai in British English
noun: the Japanese warrior caste that provided the administrative and fighting aristocracy from the 11th to the 19th centuries

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