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Kshatriya, members 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 ==Fictional==