shogun

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From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), from an abbreviation of 征夷大将軍 (Seii Taishogun) which means the general who overcomes the barbarians.

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shogun (plural shoguns)

  1. 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

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  • IPA: /ʃɔɡun/

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shogun m.

  1. shogun


This French entry was created from the translations listed at shogun. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see shogun in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009


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From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun)

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  • IPA: /ˈɕɔɡun̪/

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shogun m.

  1. shogun

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