| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sam·u·rai |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s m  -r  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. samurai or sam·u·rais
1. The Japanese feudal military aristocracy. 2. A professional warrior belonging to this class. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Japanese, warrior, from Old Japanese samurafi : sa-, pref. of unknown meaning + morafi, to watch, frequentative of mor-, to guard.
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