"ronin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ronins [plural], ronin [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 浪人 (ろうにん, rōnin), from Middle Chinese 浪 (lang "wave", by extension "adrift") + 人 (ȵiɪn) (nyin "person"). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|浪人|tr=ろうにん, rōnin}} Japanese 浪人 (ろうにん, rōnin), {{der|en|ltc|浪}} Middle Chinese 浪, {{m|ltc|人}} 人 (ȵiɪn) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ronin}} ronin (plural ronins or ronin)
  1. A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet). Translations (masterless samurai): ⁧رُونِين⁩ (rūnin) [masculine] (Arabic), 浪人 (làngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), ronin [masculine] (Dutch), ronin [masculine] (French), Ronin (Rônin m, Rōnin m) [masculine] (German), 浪人 (rōnin) (alt: ろうにん) (Japanese), 낭인 (nang'in) (Korean), 로닌 (ronin) (Korean), रोनिन (ronin) [masculine] (Marathi), ronin [masculine] (Portuguese), ро́нин (rónin) [masculine] (Russian), ronin (Turkish), lãng nhân (Vietnamese), lãng khách (Vietnamese), lãng tử (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ronin-en-noun-VciAk0bt Disambiguation of 'masterless samurai': 84 16
  2. (colloquial, in Japan) A student who has failed the entrance examination for the high school or university of their choice: if the student does not wish to take the exam the following year or is unable to, the student becomes a ronin, assuming full responsibility for their own training and survival. Tags: colloquial, in Japan
    Sense id: en-ronin-en-noun-Q~U6sMeN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rōnin

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