Meaning

1 senses
  1. The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

    Feldherr, Schogun, Shogun

    сёгу́нsjogún, сёгунsjógun

    сьо́ґунsʹógun

More definitions
  • a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68

Examples

3 sentences
  1. In the 19th century, real power in Japan lay with the shoguns.

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  2. They met at the estate of the shogun's retainer to play a game of cards.

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  3. What Perry — or the West — did not realize was that shoguns had more power than emperors in Japan at the time.

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Translations

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Origin

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), itself the short form of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “gene

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), itself the short form of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”), ultimately from Middle Chinese. Doublet of jiangjun.

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Forms

plural: shoguns / shogun
Singularshogun
Pluralshoguns / shogun

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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