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shōgun · Japanese
noun · Japanese
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the Japanese military ruler. Historical source-stage form associated with shogun; the journey preserves the source's qualifications.
Date not yet researched — The inspected passage does not establish a word-specific date for this source stage.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
shōgun is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English shogun. shogun(n.) opening paragraph
Shogun is recorded in English from the 1610s from Japanese shogun, a sound-substituted form of sei-i-tai shogun, literally a barbarian-subduing chief, and ultimately related to the Chinese compound meaning lead army. shogun(n.) opening paragraph
shogun · English
noun · English
Reading: Reading not yet researched
the Japanese military ruler. The English form and selected sense are represented from the inspected lexical account; unsupported pronunciation and location are left unresolved.
c. 1610s · English shogun — A source-reported written-use period; not the date of coinage, oral transmission, or every later sense.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
Shogun is recorded in English from the 1610s from Japanese shogun, a sound-substituted form of sei-i-tai shogun, literally a barbarian-subduing chief, and ultimately related to the Chinese compound meaning lead army. shogun(n.) opening paragraph
The inspected source supports the selected shogun sense: the Japanese military ruler. shogun(n.) opening paragraph
shōgun → shogun: borrowing, documented. The inspected passage supports a bounded Japanese-to-English route and a lexical gloss without turning the title into a complete history of Japanese institutions. shogun(n.) opening paragraph