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ronin

[ roh-nin ]

noun

, Japanese History.
, plural ro·nin, ro·nins.
  1. a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.


ronin

/ ˈrəʊnɪn /

noun

  1. a lordless samurai, esp one whose feudal lord had been deprived of his territory
  2. such samurai collectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ronin1

From the Japanese word rōnin literally, “wave man” (understood as “a man tossed around like a wave”)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ronin1

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Example Sentences

At last he saw Teampoll-Ronin from him in the distance, standing in the middle of the burying-ground.

And the reason she built the temple was that she might pray for the soul of the ronin whom the sight of her beauty had ruined.

On the way, another ronin, who fell in love with her extraordinary beauty, was killed by Sanza.

We should have the story of the Forty-seven Ronin, not a Japanese stage version, but a work from the source-material.

Born about 1680 he, by birth a Samurai, became a Ronin, and entered the studio of Kiyonobu.

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