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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

shogun, n. hist. any of a succession of Japanese hereditary Commanders-in-Chief and virtual rulers before 1868.

Derivative

shogunate n.

Etymology

Jap., = general, f. Chin. jiang jun

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THESAURUS

shogun

Dalai Lama, Holy Roman Emperor, Inca, Kaiser, ardri, bey, cacique, caesar, cham, czar, kaid, khan, mikado, negus, padishah, pendragon, pharaoh, rig, sachem, sagamore, shah, sheikh, tenno, tycoon

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