ronin

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ro=nin

CIDE DICTIONARY

ronin, n. [Jap. rō-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate, lawless + jên (old sound nīn) 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.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ronin, n. hist. (in feudal Japan) a lordless wandering samurai; an outlaw.

Etymology

Jap.