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Definition of Samurai

1. Noun. A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.

Definition of Samurai

1. n. pl. & sing. 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.

Definition of Samurai

1. Noun. In feudal Japan, a samurai was a soldier of noble birth who followed the code of bushido and served a daimyo. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Samurai

1. a Japanese warrior [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Samurai

Literary usage of Samurai

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Imperial Japan: The Country & Its People by George William Knox (1905)
"There even the old nobility are of little importance, not influencing the life of the nation, and the samurai merely as samurai have lost their distinctive ..."

2. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"Very early the samurai boy learned to wield it. It was a momentous occasion for him when at the age of five he was apparelled in the paraphernalia of ..."

3. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"Indispensable as they were to a man of culture, they were accessories rather than essentials of samurai training. Intellectual superiority was, of course, ..."

4. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"It was a momentous occasion for him when at the age of five he was apparelled in the paraphernalia of samurai costume, placed upon a go-board * and ..."

5. Every-day Japan by Arthur Lloyd (1909)
"CHAPTER XV THE samurai IN every part of ancient Yedo were to be seen in days gone by the yashiki, or mansions of the daimyos. Every daimyo was obliged to ..."

6. Life of Japan by Masuji Miyakawa (1907)
"It was the pride of the samurai to be privileged to carry two swords as a token of their military purposes. It is true that, in the long peace which the ..."

7. Imperial Japan: The Country & Its People by George William Knox (1905)
"There even the old nobility are of little importance, not influencing the life of the nation, and the samurai merely as samurai have lost their distinctive ..."

8. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"Very early the samurai boy learned to wield it. It was a momentous occasion for him when at the age of five he was apparelled in the paraphernalia of ..."

9. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"Indispensable as they were to a man of culture, they were accessories rather than essentials of samurai training. Intellectual superiority was, of course, ..."

10. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"It was a momentous occasion for him when at the age of five he was apparelled in the paraphernalia of samurai costume, placed upon a go-board * and ..."

11. Every-day Japan by Arthur Lloyd (1909)
"CHAPTER XV THE samurai IN every part of ancient Yedo were to be seen in days gone by the yashiki, or mansions of the daimyos. Every daimyo was obliged to ..."

12. Life of Japan by Masuji Miyakawa (1907)
"It was the pride of the samurai to be privileged to carry two swords as a token of their military purposes. It is true that, in the long peace which the ..."

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