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Webster 1913 Edition

Daimio

Dai′mi-o

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Daimios

(#)

.

[Jap., fr. Chin.

tai ming

great name.]

The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.

The

daimios

, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes.

Am. Cyc.