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gen⋅ro

  [gen-roh, gen-roh]
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–noun, plural -ro.
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
Origin:
1875–80; < Japn genrō senior statesman (from a reference in the Book of Odes) < MChin, equiv. to Chin yuán original, first + lǎo old
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gen·ro   (gěn'rō')   
n.   pl. gen·ros
Any of a group of elder male politicians of Japan who were formerly advisers to the emperor.

[Japanese genrō : gen, first (from Middle Chinese ŋuan) + rō, elder (from Middle Chinese lawh).]
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