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Webster 1913 Edition
Mikado
Mi-ka′do
,Noun.
[Jap.]
The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan; the emperor of Japan.
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Mikado
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English
Noun
mikado (plural mikados)
- (historical) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
- (literary) Any emperor of Japan.
- The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
- A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack
- A fabric having a stiff twill weave
Quotations
- 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
- Our great Mikado, virtuous man,
- When he to rule our land began,
- Resolved to try a plan whereby
- Young men might best be steadied.
Synonyms
- (emperor of Japan): tenno
Related terms
Translations
emperor of Japan
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
Noun
mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)
- (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
- (literary) any emperor of Japan
- mikado (game of skill)
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Etymology
Noun
mikado (accusative singular mikadon, plural mikadoj, accusative plural mikadojn)