Bushi
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For the beetle species A. bushi, see Agathidium.
Bushi (武士) is a term for the buke class in pre-industrial and feudal Japan. The term Bushido is derived from this term.
Although often incorrectly used interchangeably with samurai, bushi is a general term referring to all aristocratic warriors. The samurai were a class somewhere in the middle.
