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DAIMIO

\dˈe͡ɪmɪˌə͡ʊ], \dˈe‍ɪmɪˌə‍ʊ], \d_ˈeɪ_m_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\

Definitions of DAIMIO

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1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
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The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

d[=i]'myo, n. a Japanese territorial noble under the old feudal system. [Jap.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Japanese feudal vassal, noble, (hist.). [Japanese]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

When the Shogunate, or authority of the Tycoon, was abolished by the Mikado of Japan, the daimios (or barons) resigned their fiefs into the hands of the latter, with whom the whole power of the state has rested since 1871.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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