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Webster 1913 Edition


Mikado

Mi-ka′do

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Noun.
[Jap.]
The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan; the emperor of Japan.

Definition 2024


Mikado

Mikado

See also: mikado and mikádó

English

Proper noun

Mikado

  1. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada

mikado

mikado

See also: Mikado and mikádó

English

Noun

mikado (plural mikados)

  1. (historical) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
  2. (literary) Any emperor of Japan.
    The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
  3. 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
  4. A fabric having a stiff twill weave

Quotations

  • 1885Gilbert & 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

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Translations


Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Japanese 御門.

Noun

mikado m (plural mikado's, diminutive mikadootje n)

  1. (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
  2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
  3. mikado (game of skill)

Esperanto

Etymology

From Japanese みかど (mikado).

Noun

mikado (accusative singular mikadon, plural mikadoj, accusative plural mikadojn)

  1. mikado

French

Etymology

From Japanese, from (mi) "honorable" + (kado) "gate, portal"

Noun

mikado m (plural mikados)

  1. (historical) mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
  2. (literary) any emperor of Japan
  3. mikado (game of skill)

Japanese

Romanization

mikado

  1. rōmaji reading of みかど