Meaning & use
ronin
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In feudal Japan, a samurai who had no lord or master, often because the lord had died or been disgraced; more broadly, an independent person who acts without allegiance to an institution.
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The film follows a ronin wandering the countryside in search of purpose.
After leaving the firm, she worked as a kind of corporate ronin, taking on independent projects.
A note on using this word
A Japanese loanword now also used figuratively in English for someone who operates independently, outside a traditional organization.
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