shogunate: Meaning and Definition of

sho•gun•ate

Pronunciation: (shō'gu-nit, -nāt"), [key]
— n.
  1. the office or rule of a shogun.
  2. a government controlled by shoguns.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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