Japanese Samurai

sam·u·rai (s

-r

)

n. pl. samurai or sam·u·rais

1. The Japanese feudal military aristocracy.

2. A professional warrior belonging to this class.

[Japanese, warrior, from Old Japanese samurafi : sa-, pref. of unknown meaning + morafi, to watch, frequentative of mor-, to guard.]

samurai [ˈsæmʊˌraɪ ˈsæmjʊ-]

n pl -rai

1. (Historical Terms) the Japanese warrior caste that provided the administrative and fighting aristocracy from the 11th to the 19th centuries

2. (Historical Terms) a member of this aristocracy

[from Japanese]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	samurai - a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy samurai - feudal Japanese military aristocracy Japanese, Nipponese - a native or inhabitant of Japan warrior - someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
	2.	samurai - feudal Japanese military aristocracy aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles Japanese, Nipponese - a native or inhabitant of Japan samurai - a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy

Translations

samurai [ˈsæmʊˌraɪ] (samurai or samurais) N → samurai m

samurai [ˈsæmu^əraɪ ˈsæmju^əraɪ] n → samouraï m

Samurai

n → Samurai m

attr → Samurai-; Samurai sword → Samuraischwert nt; Samurai tradition → Tradition f → der or bei den Samurai; Samurai warrior → Samurai-Krieger m

samurai [ˈsæmʊˌraɪ] n → samurai m inv

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Elegant Japanese Samurai swords are living artifacts Widely used as early as the 1400?

Tips for Choosing a Japanese Ninja Samurai Sword by Jimmy Mathews / Travel, recreation and leisure community

The Japanese Samurai defended their crown from the inaugural 2006 Classic by outlasting the reigning Olympic champions in the title game, their third victory in five meetings with their Asian arch-rivals in this year's Classic.

Japan Classic baseball champs over Korea by AFP / AFP American Edition

Japan Classic baseball champs over Korea by AFP / AFP Global Edition

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Japanese Rally Championship Association
Japanese Real Estate Investment Trust
Japanese Red Army
Japanese Red Cross
Japanese Red Cross Society
Japanese red fox
Japanese red fox
Japanese red pine
Japanese Registration of Certificated Auditors
Japanese Research Group on Avian Influenza
Japanese Research Institute for Advanced Information Technology
Japanese Research Reactor
Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer
Japanese Resource Observation System Organization
Japanese Restaurants Overseas
Japanese Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology
Japanese river fever
Japanese river fever
Japanese rock
Japanese Role Playing Game
Japanese Role-Playing Game
Japanese rose
Japanese Russo War
Japanese Russo War

Japanese Samurai

Japanese scallop
Japanese School Teaching Assistant Program
Japanese Science and Technology Information
Japanese Science and Technology Management Program
Japanese script
Japanese Sea
Japanese Second Language Proficiency Rating
Japanese Service Dog Resource Academy
Japanese Shiba inu
Japanese Shintoism
Japanese Shintoism
Japanese Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Japanese slippers
Japanese Snack Food Review
Japanese snowbell
Japanese Society for Apheresis
Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
Japanese Society for Bioinformatics
Japanese Society for Biological Sciences in Space
Japanese Society for Biomaterials
Japanese Society for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry
Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

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