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Webster 1913 Edition
Shogun
Sho′gun
(shō′goōn)
, Noun.
[Jap. military general, from Chin.
tsiang kiün
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.]