'Shogunate' definitions:
Definition of 'shogunate'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny]
Definition of 'Shogunate'
From: 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]