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dai⋅myo

  [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, daimio.

Origin:
1830–40; < Japn, equiv. to dai big, great (< Chin) + myō name (< Chin)
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dai·mi·o or dai·my·o   (dī'mē-ō', dīm'yō')   
n.   pl. daimio or dai·mi·os also daimyo or dai·my·os
A feudal lord of Japan who was a large landowner.

[Japanese daimyō : dai, great; see daikon + myō, name (from Middle Chinese mjiajng).]
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