Ninja
WordNet
noun
(1) A class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
(2) A member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
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Etymology
From , .
Noun
- A person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu.
- A Mongolian amateurish private miner (mainly for gold); after the shape of the plastic bowls used to wash metal ore with mercury, roughly resembling one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- 2007 October 10, Jonathan Watts, "Prospectors and 'ninja' miners flood to east's El Dorado" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/10/international.mainsection1, The Guardian,
- Many were former nomads, but as the gold rush gathered pace, students, vets and taxi drivers from Ulan Bator joined the ninjas, not just in Ogoomor but in other gold towns across the country.
- 2007 October 10, Jonathan Watts, "Prospectors and 'ninja' miners flood to east's El Dorado" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/10/international.mainsection1, The Guardian,
Verb
- To act in the manner of a ninja.
- To post a particular thing on an Usenet newsgroup or an internet forum faster than another person.
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