mikado
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mikados
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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
If it was by order of the mikado half only of a traitor’s property was forfeited to the state.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
After conquering all his enemies he visited Kioto, where he astonished the court of the mikado by the splendor of his retinue and the magnificence of his military shows, athletic games, and ceremonial banquets.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
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 Charles Morris
The same was the case with the mikados, who were also creatures of the Hojo clan.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
For a period of some twelve hundred years nearly all that we know of the mikados is that they "lived long and died happy."
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
This Japanese hero of romance, born 71 A.D., was the son of Keiko, the twelfth in line of the mikados.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
All that we need now say in the way of reciting the legends of the gods has relation to the descent of the mikados of Japan from the deities.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
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