mikado
Americannoun
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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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Example Sentences
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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
Nitta Yoshisada, a captain of the Hojo forces, had been sent to besiege Kusunoki, a vassal of the mikado, who held a stronghold for his imperial lord.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
In 1869, Mutsuhito, the one hundred and twenty-third mikado in lineal descent, resumed the imperial power which had so long been lost.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
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