samurai

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UK/ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ/US/ˈsæməˌɹaɪ/South Asia/ˈsɑː.mʊ.ˈɾɑːj/

noun

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

OriginJapanese 侍 →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

nounsamurai (plural samurai or samurais)

plural samurais

  1. In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

Origin

  1. Japanese侍
  2. Englishsamurai

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

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Translations

Afrikaans samoerai
  • samoeraifeudal Japanese warrior
Arabic سَامُورَاي
  • سَامُورَاي (sāmūrāy)feudal Japanese warrior
Bengali সামুরাই
  • সামুরাই (śamurai)feudal Japanese warrior
Bulgarian самура́й
  • самура́й (samuráj)feudal Japanese warrior
Catalan samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Chinese Cantonese 武士, 日本武士
  • 武士 (mou⁵ si⁶)feudal Japanese warrior
  • 日本武士 (jat⁶ bun² mou⁵ si⁶)feudal Japanese warrior
Chinese Mandarin 武士, 日本武士
  • 武士 (wǔshì)feudal Japanese warrior
  • 日本武士 (Rìběn wǔshì)feudal Japanese warrior
  • 侍 (shì)feudal Japanese warrior
Czech samuraj
  • samurajfeudal Japanese warrior
Danish samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Dutch samoerai
  • samoeraifeudal Japanese warrior
Esperanto samurajo
  • samurajofeudal Japanese warrior
Estonian samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Finnish samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
French samouraï
  • samouraïfeudal Japanese warrior
German Samurai
  • Samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Greek σαμουράι
  • σαμουράι (samourái)feudal Japanese warrior
Hebrew סָמוּרַאי
  • סָמוּרַאי (samurái)feudal Japanese warrior
Hindi समुराई
  • समुराई (samurāī)feudal Japanese warrior
Hungarian szamuráj
  • szamurájfeudal Japanese warrior
Icelandic samúræji
  • samúræjifeudal Japanese warrior
Indonesian samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Italian samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Japanese 侍, 武士
  • 侍 (samurai)feudal Japanese warrior
  • 武士feudal Japanese warrior
Korean 사무라이, 무사
  • 사무라이 (samurai)feudal Japanese warrior
  • 무사 (musa)feudal Japanese warrior
  • 부시 (busi)feudal Japanese warrior
Latin samuraeus
  • samuraeusfeudal Japanese warrior
Latvian samurajs
  • samurajsfeudal Japanese warrior
Lithuanian samurajus
  • samurajusfeudal Japanese warrior
Malay samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Norwegian Bokmål samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Polish samuraj
  • samurajfeudal Japanese warrior
Portuguese samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Romanian samurai
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
Russian самура́й
  • самура́й (samuráj)feudal Japanese warrior
Slovak samuraj
  • samurajfeudal Japanese warrior
Spanish samurái
  • samuráifeudal Japanese warrior
Swedish samuraj
  • samurajfeudal Japanese warrior
Tagalog samuray
  • samurayfeudal Japanese warrior
Tamil சாமுராய்
  • சாமுராய் (cāmurāy)feudal Japanese warrior
Thai ซามูไร
  • ซามูไร (saa-muu-rai)feudal Japanese warrior
Turkish samuray
  • samurayfeudal Japanese warrior
Ukrainian самура́й
  • самура́й (samuráj)feudal Japanese warrior
Urdu سَمُرائی
  • سَمُرائی (samurāī)feudal Japanese warrior
Vietnamese xamurai, samurai
  • xamuraifeudal Japanese warrior
  • samuraifeudal Japanese warrior
  • võ sĩfeudal Japanese warrior
  • thịfeudal Japanese warrior
  • sĩ quan Nhậtfeudal Japanese warrior

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Masuria
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“samurai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samurai. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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