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Emperor vs Shogun - What's the difference?

emperor | shogun |

As nouns the difference between emperor and shogun

is that emperor is the male monarch or ruler of an empire while shogun is the supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

emperor

English

Alternative forms

* emperour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
  • (medieval political theory ) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
    • The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
  • A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
  • * 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
    • But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors , etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles

    Usage notes

    * An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.

    Derived terms

    * emperor goose * emperor moth * emperor paper * emperor penguin * little emperor

    Related terms

    * empire * empress * imperial * imperialism * imperially

    Anagrams

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    shogun

    English

    (wikipedia shogun)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
  • * The third is the'' Shogun ''who reygneth at the pre?ent , and hath ray?ed the per?ecution ( whereof this booke intreateth ) again?t the Chri?tians , and he as it ?eemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the three?core and ?ix Kingdomes of Iaponia .
    • 1619 : W. W. Gent (tr.), A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, devided into two books

    Derived terms

    * shogunate * shogunal

    See also

    * (wikipedia) ----