shogun
or shō·gun
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.
Origin of shogun
1Other words from shogun
- sho·gun·al, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for shogun
/ (ˈʃəʊˌɡuːn) /
(from 794 ad) a chief military commander
(from about 1192 to 1867) any of a line of hereditary military dictators who relegated the emperors to a position of purely theoretical supremacy
Origin of shogun
1Derived forms of shogun
- shogunal, adjective
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