Shogun

Pronunciation

• enPR: shō'gÅ­n, IPA: /ˈʃəʊɡʌn/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡən

Origin

From Japanese 将軍, from an abbreviation of 征夷大将軍 which means "General who overcomes the barbarians", from Middle Chinese 將軍 (tsjàng-kjun "leader of troops", "general") (compare Mandarin jiàngjūn 将军).

Full definition of shogun

Noun

1. The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
• The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the preÅ¿ent , and hath rayÅ¿ed the perÅ¿ecution ( whereof this booke intreateth ) againÅ¿t the ChriÅ¿tians , and he as it Å¿eemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the threeÅ¿core and Å¿ix Kingdomes of Iaponia .1619: W. W. Gent (tr.), A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, devided into two books

Derived terms

• shogunate
• shogunal