shogunate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shogunate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shogunate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shogunate n a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) Synonym(s): dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shogunate \Sho*gun"ate\, n. The office or dignity of a Shogun. [Written also {Siogoonate}.]