ronins
Wandering Japanese swordsmen
Ronins is the plural of ronin, a Japanese word for a samurai without a master.
Historically, a ronin had lost his lord through death or disgrace and wandered without allegiance.
The term now applies figuratively to anyone operating independently outside traditional structures—a freelancer, a student between schools, or someone who's left an organization: After quitting the firm, he spent two years as a ronin consultant.
Having no controller
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- swordsmenSkilled blade fighters
bushido · lordless · retainers · disgraced · poverty · mercenary · daimyo · shogunate
Nature, symbol, or role
- classGrouping by shared traits
- warriorOne skilled in combat
- ninjaJapanese espionage agent
- buildsCreates by assembling parts
loadout · assassin · melee · stealth · avatar · unlockable · skins · katana
Hawaiian cool breeze
- 47Integer after forty-six
- MusashiFamed Japanese sword master
- mangaJapanese comic medium
- animeJapanese cartoon art form
Miyamoto · films · Kurosawa · swordfighting · kabuki · folklore · legend · tragic
Self-employed service provider
- independentFree from external control
- unaffiliatedNot formally connected
- loneExisting by itself
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
self-employed · contractor · solo · maverick · free-agent · nomadic · untethered · entrepreneurial
masterless
Having no controller
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
swordsmen · bushido · lordless · retainers · disgraced · poverty · mercenary · daimyo · shogunate · revenge
character
Nature, symbol, or role
builds · loadout · assassin · melee · stealth · avatar · unlockable · skins · katana · combat
Keanu
Hawaiian cool breeze
Miyamoto · anime · films · Kurosawa · swordfighting · kabuki · folklore · legend · tragic · antihero
freelancer
Self-employed service provider
- independentFree from external control
- unaffiliatedNot formally connected
- loneExisting by itself
autonomous · self-employed · contractor · solo · maverick · free-agent · nomadic · untethered · entrepreneurial · gig
roninscompany men
Employees devoted to employer
salaried employees · team players · insiders · lifers · corporate employees