ronin
noun
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
ronins
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pluralof ronin.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was during this period that the British minister, visiting Kioto, a concession jealously resisted by conservative Japanese spirit, was set upon by some ronins while on his way to pay an official call.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
The attacking party consisted of fourteen ronins belonging to the Mito clan, who had banded themselves together to take vengeance on the “accursed foreigners.”
From Japan by David Murray
It was an old feudal custom, whenever the retainers of a daimyō wished to avenge any act without committing their lord, they withdrew from his service and became ronins.
From Japan by David Murray
Letters shall be despatched forthwith to the effect that 'twas a false alarm, bred of mischief and malice,--that the ronins may be disbanded, the men returned to their homes.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
They had been attacked, they swore, by a band of at least fifty ronins.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
