mikado
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(sometimes initial capital letter) a title of the emperor of Japan.
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(initial capital letter, italics) an operetta (1885) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
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(initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
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Etymology
Origin of mikado
1720–30; < Japanese, equivalent to mi- exalted + kado gate, door (of the imperial palace)
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“I’ve been coming here since I was a kid,” said Laura Hureski, stretching out on a bench on the museum lawn in her flowing ivory mikado wedding gown one afternoon in August.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
The groom’s eyes began welling with tears when the bride, stunning in an strapless, ivory-colored silk mikado Monique Lhuillier dress, began making her way down the aisle to Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2018
The Japanese emperor, the mikado, governed by divine right of kings until 1945.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Yoritomo was now supreme lord of Japan, the mikado, for whom he acted, being a mere tool in his hands.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
Pamphlets were issued, some claiming that the clans owed allegiance to the shogun, others that the mikado was the true and only emperor.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
Though really a vassal of the emperor, he wielded the power of the emperor himself, and from 1192 until 1868 the mikados were insignificant puppets and the shoguns the real lords of the land.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
He stands on the list as the first of the mikados, and the reigning emperor claims unbroken descent from him.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
For centuries afterwards Corea served as the channel through which the arts and thoughts of Asia reached the empire of the mikados.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
For more than two centuries the Ashikaga lorded it over Japan, as the Hojo had done before them, and the mikados were tools in their strong hands.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
He lived to be one hundred and eleven years old, and was next to the last of the long lived mikados of Everlasting Great Japan.
From Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by Ozawa
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