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musou

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A subgenre of hack-and-slash usually involving fighting hundreds of enemies simultaneously in a mazelike 3D world, or an individual game in this genre (especially a game in the Warriors franchise).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: video-games

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History

Etymology

From Japanese 無双 (musō, “unrivaled”), the final word in the title of the 2000 game 真・三國無双 (Shin Sangokumusō, "True Three Kingdoms Unrivaled"), released in English territories as Dynasty Warriors 2.