Warrior caste

"Warrior class" redirects here. For the British warship class, see Warrior-class ironclad.

Warrior caste may refer to;

Historical

• 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
• Equites, Roman knights
• Streltsy, Muscovite/Russian military class
• ahir, a warrior clan descendant from the Rigvedic Yadu tribe of Krishna

Fictional

• Minbari Warrior Caste, in the fictional Babylon 5 universe, the Warrior Caste is one of three castes in Minbari society

See also

• Caste
• Social class
• Social stratification
• Warrior