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Shogun vs Monarch - What's the difference?

shogun | monarch |

As nouns the difference between shogun and monarch

is that shogun is the supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan while monarch is the ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.

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) ----

    monarch

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
  • * 1598 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , Act II, Scene II, line 25.
  • Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.
  • The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus , found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.
  • Police.
  • *1961 , (Nene Gare), The Fringe Dwellers , Text Classics 2012, p. 41:
  • *:‘Skippy gets off. An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch ? E turns round on em an yelps, “An now ya can just gimme back that bottle.”’
  • Usage notes

    See

    Synonyms

    * (ruler) autocrat, autocrator, big man, despot, dictator, , potentate, sovereign, tyrant

    Derived terms

    * monarchism * monarchist * monarchy

    Hyponyms

    * (ruler) emperor, empress, king, queen

    See also

    * (projectlink) * (Danaus plexippus) A monarch can have any of the following titles: * emperor/empress * king/queen * prince/princess * grand duke/grand duchess

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