samurai

Definition of Samurai in English :

1. samurai

a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy

2. samurai

feudal Japanese military aristocracy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Samurai

noun plural -rai

1.

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

2.

a member of this aristocracy

nounWord forms: plural ˈsamuˌrai

1.

in feudal Japan, a member of a military class, consisting of the retainers of the daimyos: a samurai wore two swords and lived by the code of Bushido

2.

later, used in English to designate a Japanese army officer or member of the military caste

n. pl. samurai or sam·u·rais

1. The Japanese feudal military aristocracy.

2. A professional warrior belonging to this class.