Ronin

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

  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