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shogunal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʃoʊɡənəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From shogun + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a shogun.
    • ordered to comply with shogunal demands in accord with the law... 1994, Mary Elizabeth Berry, The culture of civil war in Kyoto, Diane Publishing, page 35:
  2. (not-comparable) Resembling a shogun.
    • the military-aristocratic Ch'oe family, which passed its shogunal type authority down hereditarily through four generations. 1975, James B. Palais, Politics and policy in traditional Korea, Harvard University Press, pages 11–12:

Forms

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shōgunal alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

shogunally