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Meaning of shogun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈʃəʊɡʌn

Definitions

The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

Equivalents

العربية شُوغُون
Čeština šógun
Esperanto ŝoguno
Español shogún sogún
Français shogun
Magyar sógun
Bahasa Indonesia syogun
Italiano shogun siogun
日本語 将軍
한국어 쇼군 장군
Bahasa Melayu syogun
Português xogum
Русский сёгун
Slovenčina šógun
Svenska shogun
Українська сьоґун

Examples

“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.”
“Two shōguns in particular, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408) and Yoshimasa (1436–1490), have left their villas, almost all that remain of their retirement temple complexes.”
“People were in a panic, and the two shōgun were grief-stricken and deeply afraid.”

CEFR level

C2
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