ronin

[ roh-nin ]

noun,plural ro·nin, ro·nins.Japanese History.
  1. a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.

Origin of ronin

1
From the Japanese word rōnin literally, “wave man” (understood as “a man tossed around like a wave”)

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ronin

/ (ˈrəʊnɪn) /


nounJapanese history
  1. a lordless samurai, esp one whose feudal lord had been deprived of his territory

  2. such samurai collectively

Origin of ronin

1
Japanese

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