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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
samurai /ˈsam(j)ʊrʌɪ/

▶noun (pl. same) historical a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan.

– origin from Japanese.

'samurai' also found in these Oxford entries:

bushido - hara-kiri - katana - ronin - tachi

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