Tenno

2 definitions found

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

  Tenno \Ten*no"\, n. [Jap. tenn[=o], fr. Chin. t'ien heaven +
     wang king.]
     Lit., King of Heaven; -- a title of the emperor of Japan as
     the head of the Shinto religion.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tenno
       n : the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader
           the emperor is called tenno [syn: {mikado}]