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A.D. |
after the birth of Jesus Christ. A.D. is an abbreviation for anno domini, which means "in the year of the Lord" in Latin. Something that happened in A.D. 50 happened fifty years after the birth of Christ. |
samurai |
a warrior in the service of a lord in medieval Japan. |
vassal |
a person in the Middle Ages who was given the use of land in return for loyalty and service to a lord. |
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