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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Samurai  \Sa"mu*rai`\,  n.  pl  &  sing.  [Jap.] 
  In  the  former  feudal  system  of  Japan,  the  class  or  a  member 
  of  the  class,  of  military  retainers  of  the  daimios, 
  constituting  the  gentry  or  lesser  nobility.  They  possessed 
  power  of  life  and  death  over  the  commoners,  and  wore  two 
  swords  as  their  distinguishing  mark.  Their  special  rights  and 
  privileges  were  abolished  with  the  fall  of  feudalism  in  1871. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  samurai 
  n  1:  a  Japanese  warrior  who  was  a  member  of  the  feudal  military 
  aristocracy 
  2:  feudal  Japanese  military  aristocracy 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  samurai  n.  A  hacker  who  hires  out  for  legal  cracking  jobs, 
  snooping  for  factions  in  corporate  political  fights,  lawyers  pursuing 
  privacy-rights  and  First  Amendment  cases,  and  other  parties  with 
  legitimate  reasons  to  need  an  electronic  locksmith.  In  1991,  mainstream 
  media  reported  the  existence  of  a  loose-knit  culture  of  samurai  that 
  meets  electronically  on  BBS  systems,  mostly  bright  teenagers  with  personal 
  micros;  they  have  modeled  themselves  explicitly  on  the  historical  samurai 
  of  Japan  and  on  the  "net  cowboys"  of  William  Gibson's  {cyberpunk}  novels. 
  Those  interviewed  claim  to  adhere  to  a  rigid  ethic  of  loyalty  to  their 
  employers  and  to  disdain  the  vandalism  and  theft  practiced  by  criminal 
  crackers  as  beneath  them  and  contrary  to  the  hacker  ethic;  some  quote 
  Miyamoto  Musashi's  "Book  of  Five  Rings",  a  classic  of  historical  samurai 
  doctrine,  in  support  of  these  principles.  See  also  {sneaker},  {Stupids}, 
  {social  engineering},  {cracker},  {hacker  ethic},  and  {dark-side  hacker}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  samurai 
 
  A  hacker  who  hires  out  for  legal  cracking  jobs,  snooping  for 
  factions  in  corporate  political  fights,  lawyers  pursuing 
  privacy-rights  and  First  Amendment  cases,  and  other  parties 
  with  legitimate  reasons  to  need  an  electronic  locksmith.  In 
  1991,  mainstream  media  reported  the  existence  of  a  loose-knit 
  culture  of  samurai  that  meets  electronically  on  BBS  systems, 
  mostly  bright  teenagers  with  personal  micros;  they  have 
  modelled  themselves  explicitly  on  the  historical  samurai  of 
  Japan  and  on  the  "net  cowboys"  of  William  Gibson's  {cyberpunk} 
  novels.  Those  interviewed  claim  to  adhere  to  a  rigid  ethic  of 
  loyalty  to  their  employers  and  to  disdain  the  vandalism  and 
  theft  practiced  by  criminal  crackers  as  beneath  them  and 
  contrary  to  the  hacker  ethic;  some  quote  Miyamoto  Musashi's 
  "Book  of  Five  Rings",  a  classic  of  historical  samurai 
  doctrine,  in  support  of  these  principles. 
 
  See  also  {Stupids},  {social  engineering},  {cracker},  {hacker 
  ethic},  and  {dark-side  hacker}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 




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