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Shogun vs Samurai - What's the difference?

shogun | samurai |

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)
  • 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) ----

    samurai

    English

    (wikipedia samurai)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • In feudal Japan, a soldier of noble birth who followed the code of bushido and served a daimyo.

    • Related terms

    * ronin

    Anagrams

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