Shogunate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shogunate \Sho*gun"ate\ (sh[=o]*g[=oo]n"[asl]t), n.
     The office or dignity of a Shogun. [Written also
     {Siogoonate}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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.) [syn: {dictatorship}, {absolutism}, {authoritarianism},
            {Caesarism}, {despotism}, {monocracy}, {one-man rule}, {Stalinism},
            {totalitarianism}, {tyranny}]