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sho·gun 
[shoh-guhn, -guhn] Pronunciation Key
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[shoh-guhn, -guhn] Pronunciation Key –noun Japanese History.
| the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor. |
Also, shōgun.
[Origin: 1605–15; < Japn shōgun, earlier shaũgun < MChin, equiv., to Chin jiāngjūn lit., lead the army]
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sho·gun·al, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| sho·gun
(shō'gən) Pronunciation Key
n. The hereditary commander of the Japanese army who until 1867 exercised absolute rule under the nominal leadership of the emperor. [Japanese shōgun, general, from Middle Chinese tsiangkun : tsiang, general + kun, army.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
shogun
shogun
1615, "hereditary commander of Japanese army," from Jap. (sei-i-tai) shogun "(barbarian-subduing) chief" (1192), sound-substitution for Chinese chiang chiin, lit. "lead army." Shogunate (1871) is a hybrid, with L. suffix -ate.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| shogun | |
noun | |
| a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68 |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Shogun
Sho"gun\, n. [Chin. tsiang ki["U]n 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. [Written variously, Shiogun, Shiogoon, etc.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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