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shōgun

shōgun is the alternative form of shogun.

Meaning of shogun

Noun

shogun (plural shoguns or shogun)

  1. 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 of shōgun

pluralshōguns
pluralshōgun

Words formed from shōgun

Questions about shōgun

What is shōgun the alternative form of?
Shōgun is the alternative form of shogun.

Words near shōgun in the dictionary

  1. Shīʻite
  2. shō
  3. shōchikubai
  4. shōchū
  5. shōchūs
  6. shōgun
  7. shōgunal
  8. shōgunate
  9. shōgunates
  10. shōguns
  11. shōjo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shōgun (page history and authors); shogun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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