samurai
samurai definition
samu·rai (sam′ə rī′)
noun pl. samurai -·rai′
- 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
- later, used in English to designate a Japanese army officer or member of the military caste
Etymology: Jpn, var. of saburai, nominal form of sabura(h)u, to be in attendance, to serve
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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