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samurai

UK/ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ//ˈsæməˌɹaɪ/

samurai noun: in feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

samurai: in feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo
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Noun

samurai (plural samurai or samurais)

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

samurai meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

samurai in Hindi

feudal Japanese warrior
समुराई samurāī

samurai in Tamil

feudal Japanese warrior
சாமுராய் cāmurāy

samurai in Marathi

feudal Japanese warrior
सामुराई sāmurāī

samurai in Urdu

feudal Japanese warrior
سَمُرائی samurāī
More languagesFewer languages
samurai in Bengali
সামুরাই śamurai
samurai in Telugu
సామురాయ్ sāmurāy
samurai in Malayalam
സമുറായി samuṟāyi
samurai in Kannada
ಸಮುರಾಯ್, ಸಮುರಾಯ್ಗಳು, ಸಮುರಾಯ್ಸ್
samurai in Punjabi
ਸਮੁਰਾਈ, ਸਾਮੁਰਾਈ, ਸਮੁਰਈ
samurai in Gujarati
સમુરાઇ, સમુરાઈ, સામુરાઇ
samurai in Odia
ସମୁରାଇ, ସାମୁରାଇ
samurai in Nepali
समुराई, सामुराई, समुराइ
samurai in Tagalog
samuray
samurai in Arabic
سَامُورَاي sāmūrāy
samurai in Malay
samurai
samurai in Indonesian
samurai
samurai in Thai
ซามูไร saa-muu-rai
samurai in Vietnamese
xamurai, samurai, võ sĩ, thị
samurai in Myanmar
ဆာမူရိုင်း hcamuruing:

Examples of samurai in a sentence

  • Maybe samurai would give you a head start for a greatbow build.
  • He plays good cop–bad cop as bad-cop with the lower-ranking samurai who does most of the talking.
  • Other bankers are dubbing themselves ninja, modern-day descendants of the superspies of 17th century samurai houses.

All 10 example sentences with samurai

Forms of samurai

pluralsamurai
pluralsamurais

Plural of samurai: samurai or samurais

Origin of samurai

Borrowed from Japanese 侍 (samurai).

Words formed from samurai

Phrases with samurai

Questions about samurai

What does samurai mean?
Samurai means in feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.
What is samurai in Hindi?
Samurai in Hindi is समुराई (samurāī). See Samurai meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is samurai?
Samurai is a noun.
How do you pronounce samurai?
Samurai is pronounced /ˈsæm(j)ʊɹaɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of samurai?
The plural of samurai is samurai.

Words near samurai in the dictionary

  1. Samuelsonian
  2. Samuelsonianism
  3. samuelsonite
  4. Samuelsson
  5. Samuelssons
  6. samurai
  7. Samurai Blue
  8. samurai sauce
  9. samurai sword
  10. samurai swords
  11. samurainess

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: samurai (page history and authors); സമുറായി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); samurai (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); samurai (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); samurai (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); samurai (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); samurai (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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