Shogun vs Samurai - What's the difference?
shogun | samurai |
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 .
In feudal Japan, a soldier of noble birth who followed the code of bushido and served a daimyo.
As nouns the difference between shogun and samurai
is that shogun is the supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan while samurai is in feudal Japan, a soldier of noble birth who followed the code of bushido and served a daimyo.shogun
English
(wikipedia shogun)Noun
(en noun)- 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
