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shogun

[shoh-guhn, -guhn] / ˈʃoʊ gən, -gʌn /
NOUN
commander in chief
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He could defend himself, issue the order for Crimson Sky, make war on Osaka, declare himself shogun — but he won’t.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

There is no shogun, no unquestioned and absolute ruler, holding the country’s fractious lords together when “Shogun” begins.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

In 1192, he gave himself the title of shogun, or commander in chief.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

He debuted the shogun on the red carpeted staircase of the Metropolitan Museum of Art when he arrived for the 2010 Costume Institute gala.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

“Word has it,” Marie-Laure overhears one taxidermist telling another, “the stone is from Japan, it’s very ancient, it belonged to a shogun in the eleventh century.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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