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Definition of Samurais

1. samurai [n] - See also: samurai

Lexicographical Neighbors of Samurais

Literary usage of Samurais

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... character taken from Japanese history—No samurais introduced and why—A Japanese dancer and a Geisha engaged to coach the Savoy Company— Savoyards ..."

2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1865)
"Also that the priests or officers of the great temple ought to be in a condition to give some account of the two samurais stated by the sweetmeat seller to ..."

3. A Japanese Artist in London by Yoshio Makino (1910)
"Yes, all were "samurais"—mock samurais of the prosperous English actors, ... I am still keeping the intimate friendship with some of these " samurais. ..."

4. Ein Spaziergang in Japan by Bernhard Kellermann (1919)
"Die samurais, all die Richter, treten über den Blumenweg in heiterer Laune auf. ... Zwei der vergnügten samurais liegen im Bett am ..."

5. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... character taken from Japanese history—No samurais introduced and why—A Japanese dancer and a Geisha engaged to coach the Savoy Company— Savoyards ..."

6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1865)
"Also that the priests or officers of the great temple ought to be in a condition to give some account of the two samurais stated by the sweetmeat seller to ..."

7. A Japanese Artist in London by Yoshio Makino (1910)
"Yes, all were "samurais"—mock samurais of the prosperous English actors, ... I am still keeping the intimate friendship with some of these " samurais. ..."

8. Ein Spaziergang in Japan by Bernhard Kellermann (1919)
"Die samurais, all die Richter, treten über den Blumenweg in heiterer Laune auf. ... Zwei der vergnügten samurais liegen im Bett am ..."

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