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