shogun means the supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
shogun is pronounced /ˈʃəʊɡʌn/.
Why “shogun” is a great word
SHOGUN — [Noun] The hereditary military dictator who was the de facto ruler of Japan from the 12th to the 19th century. From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun, "general"), an abbreviation of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally "great general who subdues the barbarians"), a title ultimately derived from Middle Chinese. Unlike an emperor—the hereditary, ceremonial sovereign—or a daimyo—a powerful feudal lord—the shogun was the supreme military leader who wielded actual power over the entire nation. It is the shadow on the palace screen, the cold weight of the sword-guard in a silk-gloved hand, and the general who must forever call his rule a pacification—the world’s oldest truth: that authority often resides not in the symbol, but in the sword.
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- 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.”