ronin
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
Origin of ronin
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How to use ronin in a sentence
At last he saw Teampoll-ronin from him in the distance, standing in the middle of the burying-ground.
Legends of Saints & Sinners | Douglas HydeAnd the reason she built the temple was that she might pray for the soul of the ronin whom the sight of her beauty had ruined.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 | Elizabeth BislandOn the way, another ronin, who fell in love with her extraordinary beauty, was killed by Sanza.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 | Elizabeth BislandWe should have the story of the Forty-seven ronin, not a Japanese stage version, but a work from the source-material.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel LindsayBorn about 1680 he, by birth a Samurai, became a ronin, and entered the studio of Kiyonobu.
Chats on Japanese Prints | Arthur Davison Ficke
British Dictionary definitions for ronin
/ (ˈrəʊnɪn) /
a lordless samurai, esp one whose feudal lord had been deprived of his territory
such samurai collectively
Origin of ronin
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