samurai

[ sam-oo-rahy ]

/ ˈsæm ʊˌraɪ /

a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan.

a retainer of a daimyo.

Origin of samurai

1720–30; < Japanese, earlier samurafi to serve, equivalent to sa- prefix + morafi watchfully wait (frequentative of mor- to guard)

And with the samurai sword, we just wanted it to be awesome.

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Ditching the bleach, he seeped manly confidence with what appears to be a samurai ponytail.

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From frosted tips to the samurai pony, Sujay Kumar on what Federer's hair says about his game.

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Perched atop a mountain of wavy, pulled-back hair is a mangled ball of manliness, a holdover from the days of the samurai.

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On the contrary, chastity was a pre-eminent virtue of the samurai woman, held above life itself.

Bushido, the Soul of Japan |Inazo Nitob
Masazumi had failed, and the set field of battle between the factions of the samurai was a thing of the past.

Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House) |James S. De Benneville
For a samurai must ever show mercy and sympathy, especially to his fellows and to those in distress.

Warriors of Old Japan and Other Stories |Yei Theodora Ozaki
Assertive individualism, while allowed a certain range among the samurai, always had its well-marked limits.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic |Sidney L. Gulick
Dancing was taught (I am speaking of samurai girls and not of geisha) only to smooth the angularity of their movements.

Bushido, the Soul of Japan |Inazo Nitob

samurai

/ (ˈsæmʊˌraɪ, ˈsæmjʊ-) /

the Japanese warrior caste that provided the administrative and fighting aristocracy from the 11th to the 19th centuries

a member of this aristocracy

C19: from Japanese