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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A member of a class of 14th-century Japanese mercenary agents who were trained in the martial arts and hired for covert operations such as assassination and sabotage.

Wiktionary

  1. n. martial arts, historical A person trained primarily in stealth, espionage, assassination and the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. slang Juggalo version of the epithet "nigga".
  4. v. To act in the manner of a ninja, especially in the areas of speed and power.
  5. v. gaming, slang To claim an item in a game by abusing game mechanics, often despite having no real need for the item or ability to use it.
  6. v. Internet, slang To post a response on a message board immediately before someone else unknowingly posts a response saying the same thing.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
  2. n. a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu

Etymologies

  1. From Japanese 忍者 (ninja). (Wiktionary)
  2. Japanese : nin, to endure + ja, person (from Middle Chinese tšiaʔ). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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