shogun

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/ˈʃəʊɡʌn/

noun

The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

OriginJapanese 将軍 →
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Meanings

nounshogun (plural shoguns or shogun)

plural shoguns · alternative shōgun · alternative xogun

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

Origin

  1. Japanese将軍
  2. Englishshogun

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.

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Translations

Arabic شُوغُون, شُوغُون
  • شُوغُون (šogun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • شُوغُون (šūḡūn)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Bulgarian шо́гун
  • шо́гун (šógun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Chinese Mandarin 將軍 /将军
  • 將軍 /将军 (jiāngjūn)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Czech šógun
  • šógunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Danish shogun
  • shogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Esperanto ŝoguno
  • ŝogunosupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Finnish shōgun
  • shōgunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
French shogun
  • shogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
German Feldherr, Schogun
  • Feldherrsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • Schogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • Shogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • Shōgunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Hebrew שוגון
  • שוגון (shogun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Hindi शोगुन
  • शोगुन (śogun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Hungarian sógun
  • sógunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Icelandic sjógun
  • sjógunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Indonesian syogun
  • syogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Italian shōgun, siogun
  • shōgunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • siogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Japanese 将軍
  • 将軍 (shōgun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Korean 장군, 쇼군
  • 장군 (janggun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • 쇼군 (syogun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Malay syogun
  • syogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Polish siogun, szogun
  • siogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • szogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • shogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Portuguese xogum
  • xogumsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Russian сёгу́н, сёгун
  • сёгу́н (sjogún)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • сёгун (sjógun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Slovak šógun
  • šógunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Spanish shōgun, sogún
  • shōgunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
  • sogúnsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Swedish shogun
  • shogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Thai โชกุน
  • โชกุนsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Turkish şogun
  • şogunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Ukrainian сьо́ґун
  • сьо́ґун (sʹógun)supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan
Vietnamese shōgun
  • shōgunsupreme generalissimo of feudal Japan

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shogun

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

shogun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogun

MLA

“shogun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogun. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shogun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogun.

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