shogunate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
    tyranny; absolutism; dictatorship; monocracy; Stalinism; authoritarianism; despotism; one-man rule; Caesarism; totalitarianism.

WordNet


Sho*gun"ate noun
Definitions
  1. The office or dignity of a Shogun. Written also Siogoonate.

Webster 1913