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Webster 1913 Edition

(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.]

See also: shogun

shōgun ‎(uncountable)

shōgun