jito

J8I1T1O1

noun

A medieval steward of territory in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.

OriginJapanese 地頭 →
Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounjito (plural jitos or jito)

plural jitos

  1. historicalA medieval steward of territory in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.

Origin

  1. Japanese地頭
  2. Englishjito

From Japanese 地頭.

More words from Japanese

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

jito. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jito

MLA

“jito.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jito. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jito,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jito.

Source: jito on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.