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shogun

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Noun
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sho=gun

CIDE DICTIONARY

shogunn. [Jap., from Chin. tsiang kiÜn commander in chief.].
     A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shogun, n. hist. any of a succession of Japanese hereditary Commanders-in-Chief and virtual rulers before 1868.

Derivative
shogunate n.
Etymology
Jap., = general, f. Chin. jiang jun

THESAURUS

shogun

Dalai Lama, Holy Roman Emperor, Inca, Kaiser, ardri, bey, cacique, caesar, cham, czar, kaid, khan, mikado, negus, padishah, pendragon, pharaoh, rig, sachem, sagamore, shah, sheikh, tenno, tycoon

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