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Definition of shogun noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shogun

noun

/ˈʃəʊɡən/

/ˈʃəʊɡən/

(from Japanese)

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(in the past) a Japanese military leader
Word OriginJapanese, from Chinese jiāng jūn ‘general’.

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