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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.]

Definition 2024


shogun

shogun

See also: shōgun

English

Noun

shogun (plural shoguns)

  1. The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
    • The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the preſent , and hath rayſed the perſecution ( whereof this booke intreateth ) againſt the Chriſtians , and he as it ſeemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the threeſcore and ſix Kingdomes of Iaponia .
      1619: W. W. Gent (tr.), A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, devided into two books

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɔɡun/

Noun

shogun m (plural shoguns)

  1. shogun

Derived terms


Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 将軍 (shōgun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃoˈgun/, [ʃoˈgun̺]
  • Hyphenation: sho‧gùn

Noun

shogun m (invariable)

  1. shogun

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɔɡun̪/

Noun

shogun m pers

  1. (uncommon) shogun

Declension