Etymology

shogun

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Today it means: The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 将軍
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from将軍
  2. English todayshogun

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), itself the short form of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”), ultimately from Middle Chinese. Doublet of jiangjun.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.