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ronin
CIDE DICTIONARY
ronin, n. [Jap. rō-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate, lawless + jên (old sound nīn) man.].
In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renounced his clan or who had been discharged or ostracized and had become a wanderer without a lord; an outcast; an outlaw. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ronin, n. hist. (in feudal Japan) a lordless wandering samurai; an outlaw.
Etymology
Jap.
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