Look up: daimyo

1. 
   daimyo
   In feudal Japan, a warlord, a major landowner who employed a body of samurai. In wartime these armed forces had to be put at the disposal of the shogun. A daimyo was a vassal whose landholding was...
   Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/
   
   
2. 
   daimyo
   non-resident bond issue denominated in yen on the Tokyo market.Its circulation is similar to that of Eurobonds Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
3. 
   Daimyo
   The were the most powerful feudal rulers from the 10th century to the 19th century in Japan. The term `daimyo` literally means `great name.` From the `shugo` of the Muromachi period through the `sengoku` to the daimyo of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied history. The term `daimyo` is also sometimes used to refer to the leading figures of such clans, also called `lord`. It was usually, though not exclusively, from these warlords that ...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimyo
   
   
4. 
   daimyo
   any of the largest and most powerful landholding magnates in Japan from about the 10th century until the latter half of the 19th century. The ... [5 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/3
   
   
5. 
   daimyo
   daimyo (dī'myô) [Jap.,=great name], the great feudal landholders of Japan, the territorial barons as distinguished from the kuge, or court nobles. Great tax-free estates were built up from the 8th cent. onward by the alienation of lands to members of the imperial family who could not...
   Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0