samurai

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ/
• (General American) enPR: sămʹə-rī', IPA^(key): /ˈsæməˌɹaɪ/

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• Rhymes: (General American) -æməɹaɪ, (Received Pronunciation) -æmʊɹaɪ, (RP) -æmjʊɹaɪ

samurai (plural samurai or samurais)

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

• samurai sauce
• samurai sword

• ronin

• Masuria

From Japanese 侍 (samurai).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmurɑi̯/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝murɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑmurɑi
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧mu‧rai
• Hyphenation^(key): sa‧mu‧rai

samurai

1. samurai

• “samurai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• saumari

Borrowed from Japanese 侍(さむらい) (samurai).

• IPA^(key): /sa.mu.rai/
• Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧rai

samurai (uncountable)

1. samurai: in feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo
2. (proscribed, colloquial) katana: a type of Japanese longsword or 日本刀(にほんとう) (nihontō), having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja

• “samurai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (さむらい, samurai, archaic さぶらい, saburai), 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the classical verb 侍ふ (saburafu, “to serve”), ultimately derived from さ (sa-, prefix meaning "early") + 守らふ (morafu, “to keep watch”).

• IPA^(key): /sa.muˈraj/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧rài

samurai m (invariable)

1. (historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

• samurai in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

samurai

1. Rōmaji transcription of さむらい

• samorai (obsolete)

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧rai

samurai m (plural samurais)

1. (military, historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)
   • 1897, Wenceslau de Moraes, “Reki-Shi (A Historia)” (chapter I), in Dai-Nippon (O Grande Japão), Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, page 48:

     Este sagaz programma politico escapa sem duvida á comprehensão do povo rude, dos samorais e dos ronins sobretudo, educados durante longos annos n’um principio, — o odio implacavel aos intrusos.

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   • 1897–1899, Aluísio Azevedo, chapter II, in O Japão, São Paulo: Roswitha Kempf, published 1984:

     Ao declinar do sol, Ieiás era senhor do campo, distribuía postos militares e, pela primeira vez no Japão, armava, sob a sua espada, cavaleiros os samurais que se haviam distinguido na batalha.

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   • 2006, Ricardo Serravalle Guimarães, Ensinamentos dos Mestres, Clube de Autores, page 106:

     Abaixo veremos o exemplo de um dos ensinamentos de um Samurai anônimo que viveu por volta do século XV e que reflete sobre seus conhecimentos e a sua relação com o mundo baseados no código de honra dos Samurais, o Bushido.

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   • 2013, John Wick, translated by Alessandro Jean Loro, Blood & Honor: Um Jogo de Tragédia Samurai, Santos: RedBox, →ISBN, page 17:

     Então... você quer ser um homem onda (ronin, “homem onda”, era o nome dado aos samurais sem Daimyo, ou seja, que “ficavam à deriva na sociedade”), hã? Ok. Eis as regras.

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Borrowed from French samouraï.

samurai m (plural samurai)

1. samurai

samurai

1. misspelling of samurái