ro·nin. /ˈrōnən/
noun - historical
- (in feudal Japan) a wandering samurai who had no lord or master.
Ronin - literally "wave man."
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A
rōnin (
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, "drifter" or "wanderer")
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was a
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without lord or master during the
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of
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. A samurai became masterless from the death or fall of his master, or after the loss of his master's favor or
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.
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. . .
The word
rōnin literally means "wave man". It is an idiomatic expression for "vagrant" or "wandering man", someone who is without a home. The term originated in the
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and
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periods, when it referred to a
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who had fled or deserted his master's land. It then came to be used for a samurai who had no master. (Hence, the term "wave man" illustrating one who is socially adrift).[
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