shogun en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- shō'gŭn
- /ˈʃəʊɡʌn/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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, transl., A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, devided into two books:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shōgun | alternative | lexicographic | |
| xogun | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shoguns | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| shogun | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
shogunal · shogunate · Shogunite
Translations (47)
otk 𐰽𐰭𐰆𐰣 (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ar شُوغُون (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · bg шо́гун (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · mr शोउगुन (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · cs šógun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ms syogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ko 장군 (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · eo ŝoguno (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · mr शोगुन (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · hu sógun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · cmn 將軍 /将军 (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · de Shōgun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · it siogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · pl shogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · de Feldherr (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · hi शोगुन (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ja 将軍 (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · sh шогун (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · vi shōgun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · de Schogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · he שוגון (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ko 쇼군 (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · pt xogum (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · th โชกุน (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ru сёгун (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · is sjógun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · uk сьо́ґун (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · az syoqun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · pl szogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · it shōgun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · sh šogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · da shogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · sk šógun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · es shōgun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · de Shogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · fi shōgun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · es sogún (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · fr shogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · tr şogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ka სიოგუნი (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ar شُوغُون (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · sv shogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · id syogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · be сёгун (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · ru сёгу́н (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · pl siogun (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) · otk 𐱁𐰭𐰆𐰣 (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan)