daimyo

American  

[dahy-myaw] / ˈdaɪ myɔ /

Or daimio

noun

Japanese History.

plural

daimyo, daimyos

1. one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.

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daimyo British  

/ ˈdaɪmjəʊ /

noun

1. (in Japan) one of the territorial magnates who dominated much of the country from about the 11th to the 19th century

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Etymology

Origin of daimyo

1830–40; < Japanese, equivalent to dai big, great (< Chinese ) + myō name (< Chin)

Example Sentences

It says the lantern is a gift from Matsura Shigenobu, a daimyo, or feudal lord, in what is now western Kyushu, Japan.

From Washington Post

Sometimes when they were very good, Seki San would get permission for them to play in the daimyo's garden and those days were red-letter days for June.

From Project Gutenberg

The territories owned by great feudatories or daimyo in the Ashikaga age were by no means compact entities definitely bounded.

From Project Gutenberg

When the Lady Aya was some sixteen years old her father the daimyo came home victorious from a foray, and she went with her maidens to meet him in the gate.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Edo period, stretching from the 1603 to 1868, sumo wrestlers were hired by daimyo lords, who saw defeat as a disgrace.

From The Wall Street Journal