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

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  1. n. a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy
  2. n. feudal Japanese military aristocracy
  3. In the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/former">former class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/feudal">feudal system of Japan, the class or a member of the class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting the gentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and death over the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark. Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall of feudalism in 1871.
  4. In the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/former">former class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/feudal">feudal system of Japan, the class or a member ofthe class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting thegentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and deathover the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark.Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall offeudalism in 1871.
  5. n:100 n. a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy n. feudal Japanese military aristocracy