'ronin' definitions:

Definition of 'ronin'

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  • ronin \ro"nin"\ (r[=o]"n[i^]n), n. [Jap. r[=o]-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate, lawless + j[^e]n (old sound n[imac]n) man.] In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renounced his clan or who had been discharged or ostracized and had become a wanderer without a lord; an outcast; an outlaw. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Ronion