sho·gun (sh  g n)n. The hereditary commander of the Japanese army who until 1867 exercised absolute rule under the nominal leadership of the emperor. [Japanese sh gun, general, from Middle Chinese tsiangkun : tsiang, general + kun, army.] |
shogun [ˈʃəʊˌguːn]
n Japanese history
1. (Historical Terms) (Military) (from 794 ad) a chief military commander
2. (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (from about 1192 to 1867) any of a line of hereditary military dictators who relegated the emperors to a position of purely theoretical supremacy
[from Japanese, from Chinese chiang chün general, from chiang to lead + chün army]
shogunal adj
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