English
shogun
Shogun comes from Japanese 将軍 ‘a shogun, supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan’.
- Japanesemodern将軍shōgun‘a shogun, supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619shogun
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern将軍shōgun‘a shogun, supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619shogun
Earliest quotation: 1619, W. W. Gent: “The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the…”
Every English word from Japanese 将軍
Today it means
noun The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 将軍 / shogun