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Word: Shogun
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Japanese, from Chinese jiāng jūn ‘general’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈʃəʊɡʌn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈʃəʊɡ(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867.
Short Definition:hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan
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