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SaburaiIn pre-industrial Japan (more specifically the late Heian period, 794-1185) warriors were named bushi (buu-she), a term taken from China meaning "war-man". Bushi who were assigned to personally guard the Emperor were known as saburai. By the 13th century hereditary warriors, as well as officials serving princes, court ministers and other persons of high rank, were called saburai. By the early Edo period of the 16th and 17th century saburai had mutated to the familiar samurai to make it easier to pronounce. (See Samurai for more details)
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