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SamuraiEssay Preview: SamuraiReport this essaySamuraiSamurai (侍, Samurai? or, more rarely, 士) was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan. The word samurai is derived from the Japanese verb samorau, meaning to serve. HistoryOriginIron helmet and armour with gilt bronze decoration, Kofun era, 5th century. Tokyo National Museum.Whilst the origins of modern samurai are.