shoguns

1. Japanese military leaders who ruled the country from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries. There was still an emperor in Japan under the shoguns, but he was reduced to a mere figurehead.

Example Sentences

In that era, the cranes were kept as pets — as well as prepared as culinary delicacies — for the shoguns who ruled the realm.

From New York Times

The mines supplied precious metals to the shoguns who ruled Japan during the two and a half centuries when the country was all but cut off from the rest of the world.

From New York Times

It was said to be able to split a helmet in two and was worn by the shoguns, or rulers, of Japan's military government for centuries.

From BBC

“All the shoguns have these monuments,” he said.

From Seattle Times

And while many samurai and shoguns had a primary wife for the purposes of procreation and political alliances, they enjoyed numerous liaisons with younger male lovers.

From Salon