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- Dictionaryronin/ˈrəʊnɪn/
noun
- 1. (in feudal Japan) a wandering samurai who had no lord or master. historical
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In feudal Japan (1185–1868), a rōnin ( ROH-nin;,, 'drifter' or 'wandering man', lit. 'a person of the waves') was a samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had also severed all links with his family or clan. A samurai becomes a rōnin upon the death of his master, or after the loss of his master's favor or legal privilege. In modern Japanese, the term is usually used to describe a sala... Wikipedia