- Samurai (侍) were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in the 1870s during the Meiji era. They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo, the great feudal landholders. They had high prestige and special privileges.
- James K. Polk (allthetropes.org)
Um… They Might Be Giants sang about him? And the school in Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide was named after him, wasn’t it? Or was it Married… with Children? The only US Presidential candidate to lose both his home state and state of residence but still win until 2016?
