Etymology

samurai

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Today it means: In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo. Full definition →

Japanese 侍
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from侍
  2. English todaysamurai

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.