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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shogun 
  n  :  a  hereditary  military  dictator  of  Japan;  the  shoguns  ruled 
  Japan  until  the  revolution  of  1867-68 




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