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Shaolin vs Shogun - What's the difference?

shaolin | shogun |

As a proper noun shaolin

is a collection of chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the (shaolin monastery).

As a noun shogun is

the supreme generalissimo of feudal japan.

shaolin

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the (Shaolin Monastery).

    • 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) ----