Shizoku

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shizoku \Shi*zo"ku\, n. sing. & pl. [Jap. shi-zoku, fr. Chin.
     ch' (chi) branch, posterity + tsu kindered, class.]
     The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called
     {samurai}; also, any member of this class.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]