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NINJA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ninja mean?
• NINJA (noun)
The noun NINJA has 2 senses:
1. a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
2. a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
Familiarity information: NINJA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ninja" is a kind of...):
mercenary; soldier of fortune (a person hired to fight for another country than their own)
Domain category:
Japanese; Nipponese (a native or inhabitant of Japan)
Holonyms ("ninja" is a member of...):
ninja (a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("ninja" is a kind of...):
class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)
Meronyms (members of "ninja"):
ninja (a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu)
Domain category:
Context examples
Naruto is a Japanese cartoon ninja character who runs with his arms behind his back.
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