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daimio

[dahy-myaw]

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noun, plural -myo, -myos. Japanese History.

one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.

Also, dai·mio.

Origin:
1830–40; < Japanese, equivalent to dai big, great (< Chinese ) + myō name (< Chin)

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daimyo or daimio (ˈdaɪmjəʊ)

—n , pl -myo, -myos, -mio, -mios
	(in Japan) one of the territorial magnates who dominated much of the country from about the 11th to the 19th century

[from Japanese, from Ancient Chinese d`âi miäng great name]

daimio or daimio

—n

[from Japanese, from Ancient Chinese d`âi miäng great name]

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Word Origin & History

daimyo

also daimio, former title of the chief nobles of Japan, 1839, from Japanese, lit. "big name," from Chinese dai "great" + mio, myo "name.

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