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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)
- 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
- 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 .
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɔɡun/
Noun
shogun m (plural shoguns)
Derived terms
- shogunal
- shogunat
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from Japanese 将軍 (shōgun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃoˈgun/, [ʃoˈgun̺]
- Hyphenation: sho‧gùn
Noun
shogun m (invariable)
Derived terms
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɕɔɡun̪/
Noun
shogun m pers
- (uncommon) shogun
Declension
declension of shogun
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | shogun | shoguni/shogunowie |
| genitive | shoguna | shogunów |
| dative | shogunowi | shogunom |
| accusative | shoguna | shoguni/shogunowie |
| instrumental | shogunem | shogunami |
| locative | shogunie | shogunach |
| vocative | shogunie | shoguni/shogunowie |