Dictionaries › English

samurai

Pronunciation: /ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ/

The English word “samurai” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “samurai” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.