Warrior caste
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Warrior caste may refer to;
Historical
[edit]- Kshatriya, a member of the military or reigning order, the second-ranking caste of the Indian varna system
- Samoa's Toa class in the Fa'amatai system, which used a warrior code known as fa'aaloalo (respect) that is still in existence today;
- Szlachta, the gentry of the Polish Crown and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Knights, in their role as the apex fighting force of the Age of Chivalry
- Spartiate, the warrior-citizen body of ancient Sparta
- Samurai, the warrior class in Japan
- Eso Ikoyi, war chiefs amongst the Yoruba people
- Jaguar warriors, an Aztec military élite
- Gallowglass, medieval Norse-Gaelic mercenaries
- Maryannu, chariot-mounted nobility in the ancient Middle East
- Janissary, a member of a class of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire
- Gurkhas, soldiers from the area of Nepal
- Eight Banners, a military and administrative in Later Jin and Qing dynasties of China that organized Manchu households for military purposes
- Equites, Roman knights
- Streltsy, Muscovite/Russian military class
- ahir, a warrior clan descendant from the Rigvedic Yadu tribe of Krishna
Fictional
[edit]- Minbari Warrior Caste, in the fictional Babylon 5 universe, the Warrior Caste is one of three castes in Minbari society