Look up: shogun

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   shogun
   [n] - a hereditary military dictator of Japan
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   shogun
   Japanese term for military dictator and abbreviation for `seii tai shogun`-`great barbarian-conquering general`. Technically an imperial appointment, the office was treated as hereditary...
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   shogun
   a bond issued in Japan by a non-Japanese company in a currency which is not the yen Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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   Shogun
   Sho'gun noun [ 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.]
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   shogun
   noun a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
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   Shogun
   ` is a military rank and historical title in Japan. Shogun, is the Japanese word for `general`, is made up of two kanji words A shogun's office or administration is known in English as a `shogunate` or in Japanese as a , the latter of which literally means `an office in the tent`, and originally meant `the house of a general`, then suggests a `private government`. The tent is symbolic of the field commander but also denoted that such an office wa...
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   Shogun
   • (n.) 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.
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   shogun
   shogun (shō'gŭn") , title of the feudal military administrator who from the 12th cent. to the 19th cent. was, as the emperor's military deputy, the actual ruler of Japan. The title itself, Sei-i-tai Shogun [barbarian-subduing generalissimo], dates back to 794 and originally meant...
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