Samurai
The warrior class of Japan from the medieval period through the Edo era, holding a hereditary status that served a lord in exchange for a stipend. It was abolished by the Meiji government's status reforms in the 1870s.
Oda Nobunaga gave a Mozambican slave brought by an Italian missionary the name "Yasuke" and the title of samurai. Yasuke learned Japanese culture within two years and fought in battles, making him the first known foreign samurai in history.
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