Look up: ronin

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   Ronin
   A 'masterless' samurai. Samurai whose lord was defeated or whose family were shamed and lost their standing could either commit suicide or abandon the code of Bushido (see above) and become ronin. Many ronin simply acted as mercenaries and would work for whoever paid them, some became outlaws and criminals and some tried to follow their code of honour. Ronin are romanticised in films like Seven Samurai, but the term is commonly used nowadays to refer to students who are studying to retake failed exams. Pronounced 'row-nin'
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   ronin
   In Japanese history, a samurai who had no allegiance to a feudal lord. Especially numerous in the 16th and 17th centuries, many of them engaged in brigandage and in 1651 they were responsible for an...
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   Ronin
   Ro'nin' noun [ Jap. rō- nin , from 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.
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   Ronin
   A was a masterless samurai during the feudal period (1185-1868) of Japan. A samurai became masterless from the ruin or fall of his master (as in the case of death in a war), or after the loss of his master's favor or privilege.
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   Ronin
   • (n.) 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.
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   Ronin
   Ron In is a Japanese boy name. The meaning of the name is `Samurai Without a Master` Ron In appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 978.. 2007 was a `top year` for the name Ronin. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #978. The last time Ron In appeared among the most common names was In 2007. Our records go back to 18
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   ronin
   ronin (rō'nin) , in Japanese history, masterless samurai. Ronin were retainers who were deprived of their place in the usual loyalty patterns of Japanese feudalism. The daimyo they had served might have died, been exiled, or become so poor that the samurai had to abandon his lord. Ronin be...
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