Usually means: Masterless samurai during feudal Japan.
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  1. ronin: Merriam-Webster
  2. ronin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ronin: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Ronin, ronin: Wordnik
  5. Ronin, ronin: Wiktionary
  6. ronin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. ronin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Ronin: Dictionary.com
  9. Ronin (DC Comics), Ronin (Marvel Comics), Ronin (band), Ronin (comic book series), Ronin (comics), Ronin (disambiguation), Ronin (film), Ronin (movie), Ronin (student), Ronin (video game), Ronin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Ronin: Rhymezone
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  12. ronin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Ronin: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ronin)

noun:  A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).
noun:  (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.
noun:  A male given name originating as a coinage.

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