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shōgunate

shōgunate is the alternative form of shogunate.

Meaning of shogunate

Noun

shogunate (plural shogunates)

  1. (historical) The office or dignity of a shogun.
    Synonyms:
    bakufu

Forms of shōgunate

pluralshōgunates

Origin of shōgunate

From shōgun + -ate.

Questions about shōgunate

What is shōgunate the alternative form of?
Shōgunate is the alternative form of shogunate.

Words near shōgunate in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shōgunate (page history and authors); shogunate (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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