shogun

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: shō'gŭn, IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊɡʌn/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡən

Noun

shogun (plural shoguns)

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 (tr.), A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, devided into two books

See also

• shogun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• snough

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 将軍.

Noun

shogun

1. shogun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔɡun/

Noun

shogun m (plural shoguns)

1. shogun

Further reading

• “shogun” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• sciogun

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 将軍 (shōgun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoˈɡun/, [ʃoˈɡun̺]
• Hyphenation: sho‧gùn

Noun

shogun m (invariable)

1. shogun

Alternative forms

• siogun, szogun

Etymology

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɔɡun̪/

Noun

shogun m pers

1. (uncommon) shogun