daimio

• a variation of daimyo.

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daimio

The name Tono Sama, applied to the daimio, is not a personal name, but a polite form, equivalent to “your Lordship.”

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

Above them were the military nobles, the daimio, and the court nobles, the kugé—these higher, sybaritical nobles being fighters only in name.

From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo

For his prowess and aid Jiraiya was made daimio of Idzu.

From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa

Besides, it was necessary for Lord Long-legs to travel with proper dignity, as became a daimio.

From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa

When a tengu walks, he folds his arms, throws back his head till his nose is far up in the air, and struts around as if he were a daimio.

From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa

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