shizoku
Shi*zo"ku, n. sing. & pl. [Jap. shi-zoku, fr. Chin. ch' (chi) branch, posterity + tsu kindered, class.] Defn: The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai; also, any member of this class.
Shi*zo"ku, n. sing. & pl. [Jap. shi-zoku, fr. Chin. ch' (chi) branch, posterity + tsu kindered, class.] Defn: The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai; also, any member of this class.