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BlueHighwind Q? 01:04, October 25, 2014 (UTC) TALK - So if you care to find me, look to the Western Sky!ツ: | |||
Silly question, I know. But do we really need an etymology page or section for Samurai? Doesn't everybody know what a samurai is by now? | |||
Well, "They were not just great swordsmen, but also powerful horse archers" No I did not. JBed (talk) 01:26, October 25, 2014 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure anything that's not a common English term is supposed to have one of these, no matter how obvious it seems. Also seconding the horse archer thing. -- Some Color Mage ~ (Talk) 02:38, October 25, 2014 (UTC)
- "Samurai" is definitely a commonly understood term. Maybe most people could not immediately give you a complex history of the caste and it's evolution across Japanese history, or the typical combat equipment/tactics of a samurai warrior, but they can immediately picture the cliches of an armored swordsman that Final Fantasy is using. I'm worried we are being a tad pedantic here. --BlueHighwindツ 03:21, October 25, 2014 (UTC)
- Also, we have this page: Etymology:Devil. How uncommon of a word is "Devil"? --BlueHighwindツ 03:24, October 25, 2014 (UTC)