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Shogun

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Noun

1. shogun

a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68

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Shogun

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noun Japanese history
1. 
(from 794 ad) a chief military commander
2. 
(from about 1192 to 1867) any of a line of hereditary military dictators who relegated the emperors to a position of purely theoretical supremacy

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Shogun

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noun
any of the hereditary governors of Japan who, until 1867, constituted a quasi-dynasty exercising absolute rule and relegating the emperors to a nominal position

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Shogun

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n.
One of a line of military commanders who from 1192 until 1867 were generally the actual rulers of Japan, although nominally subordinate to the emperor.

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