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yokozunas

yokozunas is the plural of yokozuna.

Meaning of yokozuna

Noun

yokozuna (plural yokozunas or yokozuna)

  1. The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; grand champion.
    • A yokozuna is the very highest rank in sumo – “just like Mameha's position in Gion,” as Nobu explained it to me. I had no reason to doubt him; but if Mameha ever took half as much time entering a party as these yokozuna took entering the ring, she'd certainly never be invited back.1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, page 202
  2. A person holding the rank, either competing at the rank or retired after having achieved it.
    • What mattered most was that, from the very top of the Nihon Sumo Kyōkai, Yokozuna Akebono had been shown respect.2006, Mark Panek, Gaijin Yokozuna: A Biography of Chad Rowan, page 265

Questions about yokozunas

What is yokozunas the plural of?
Yokozunas is the plural of yokozuna.

Words near yokozunas in the dictionary

  1. Yokota
  2. Yokotas
  3. Yokoyama
  4. Yokoyamas
  5. yokozuna
  6. yokozunas
  7. yoks
  8. yokukansan
  9. yokul
  10. yokuls
  11. Yokum

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