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gyoji

gyoji noun: a referee in a sumo match.

gyoji: a referee in a sumo match
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Noun

gyoji (plural gyoji or gyojis)

  1. A referee in a sumo match.
    • Informants stated that from time immemorial the Emperor himself was a sumo fan, and that it would be disrespectful to appear before him clad in only a long belt-like affair, such as gyojis wear, without his prior consent.1945 January–March, Marvin K[aufmann] Opler, “A ‘Sumo’ Tournament at Tule Lake Center”, in Ralph Linton, editor, American Anthropologist, volume 47, number 1, Menasha, Wis.: American Anthropological...

Forms of gyoji

pluralgyoji
pluralgyojis
alternative formgyōji

Origin of gyoji

From Japanese 行司 (gyōji).

Questions about gyoji

What does gyoji mean?
Gyoji means a referee in a sumo match.
What part of speech is gyoji?
Gyoji is a noun.
What is the plural of gyoji?
The plural of gyoji is gyoji.

Words near gyoji in the dictionary

  1. gynæconitis
  2. gynæcophore
  3. gynæcophores
  4. gynæcophoric
  5. gynæcophorous
  6. gyoji
  7. gyojis
  8. gyokuro
  9. gyotaku
  10. gyoza
  11. gyozas

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