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for shogunate
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Shogunate \Sho*gun"ate\ (sh[=o]*g[=oo]n"[asl]t), n.
The office or dignity of a Shogun. [Written also
Siogoonate.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
shogunate
n 1: 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]
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