ronin
[ roh-nin ]
/ ˈroʊ nɪn /
noun, plural ro·nin, ro·nins.Japanese History.
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
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Origin of ronin
From the Japanese word rōnin literally, ‘wave man’ (understood as ‘a man tossed around like a wave’)
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Example sentences from the Web for ronin
Thus the forty-seven ronin were pre-eminently "righteous" when they debauched themselves with every swinish vice.
The Gist of Japan|R. B. PeeryAnd 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 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
ronin
/ (ˈrəʊnɪn) /
noun Japanese history
a lordless samurai, esp one whose feudal lord had been deprived of his territory
such samurai collectively
Word Origin for ronin
Japanese
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