Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shogun

1 sense of shogun

Sense 1
shogun -- (a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68)
       => dictator, potentate -- (a ruler who is unconstrained by law)
       => Japanese, Nipponese -- (a native or inhabitant of Japan)