Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The government, rule, or office of a shogun.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office, power, or rule of a shogun; the government of a shogun.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office or dignity of a Shogun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
administration of ashogun .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Etymologies
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Examples
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They were banned, rounded up, and destroyed by the shogunate, which is why they are so rare today, and that is one of the survivors.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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They were banned, rounded up, and destroyed by the shogunate, which is why they are so rare today, and that is one of the survivors.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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They were banned, rounded up, and destroyed by the shogunate, which is why they are so rare today, and that is one of the survivors.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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The path to the shogunate is a long and arduous journey, made easier by such a vassal as Hattori Hanzo, but in this last volume of Path of the Assassin, Koike and Kojima will tell us just how difficult that journey can be.
ComicList Headlines 2008
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The path to the shogunate is a long and arduous journey, made easier by such a vassal as Hattori Hanzo, but in this last volume of Path of the Assassin, Koike and Kojima will tell us just how difficult that journey can be.
Comic Book Resources 2008
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Japan's reactionary Tokugawa shogunate employed gunpowder to obliterate troublemakers and then banned all guns—even its own—for the sake of preserving the samurais' sword-wielding hegemony.
Where They Got Their Grit Alexander Rose 2011
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Fillmore was an early champion of American commercial expansion in the Pacific, and in 1853 he sent a fleet of warships, under the command of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, to Japan to force its shogunate government to alter its traditional isolationism and enter into trade and diplomatic relations with the United States (primary source document: A Golden Rule for Foreign Affairs).
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"But if we assume that it's early 17th century, there's a possibility it was owned by Tokugawa Yorinobu, one of the sons of the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate that lasted for 300 years," Mr. Welch says.
'One Perfect Suit' Ann Landi 2010
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"But if we assume that it's early 17th century, there's a possibility it was owned by Tokugawa Yorinobu, one of the sons of the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate that lasted for 300 years," Mr. Welch says.
'One Perfect Suit' Ann Landi 2010
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"But if we assume that it's early 17th century, there's a possibility it was owned by Tokugawa Yorinobu, one of the sons of the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate that lasted for 300 years," Mr. Welch says.
'One Perfect Suit' Ann Landi 2010
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