野武士 and 侍 interchangeability


There is a Netflix series called 野武士のグルメ and translated as Samurai Gourmet. I
know there's an adaptation because many places outside Japan knows the Samurai
word.

Is these words in Japanese interchangeable? Which is usual to use?




Here 野 is a character that means "stray", "wild" or "feral". 野武士 (aka 野伏)
refers to unofficial worriers who were more like guerrillas or bandits (and
sometimes mercenaries) in modern terms. It's not interchangeable with proper
武士 who belonged to the noble class.

