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shogunal

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sho⋅gun

  [shoh-guhn, -guhn]
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–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

Related forms:
sho⋅gun⋅al, adjective
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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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