Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shogun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shogun \Sho"gun\, n. [Chin. tsiang ki["U]n 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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shogun
n : a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled
Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
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