Meanings
adjectiveshogunal (not comparable)
alternative shōgunal
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a shogun.
ordered to comply with shogunal demands in accord with the law...
1994, Mary Elizabeth Berry, The culture of civil war in Kyoto, Diane Publishing, page 35 - not comparableResembling a shogun.
the military-aristocratic Ch'oe family, which passed its shogunal type authority down hereditarily through four generations.
1975, James B. Palais, Politics and policy in traditional Korea, Harvard University Press, pages 11–12
Origin
- Englishshogun
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishshogunal
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APA
shogunal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogunal
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“shogunal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogunal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shogunal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogunal.
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