Shogunate - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Shogunate : (noun)

1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Shogunate : \Sho*gun"ate\, n. The office or dignity of a Shogun. [Written also Siogoonate.]

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Shogunate
	stanleylieber: @douglassherwood although the art on the Shogunate soldiers in western uniform looks pretty rad
	digiwombat: @timmaughan ... hyper-conservatives who want to go back to the Shogunate. Haha.
	SeySays: @plumparlourmaid ((once, I had to sequence the Nara, Heian, Shogunate, Meiji eras for a comp. I GOT IT WRONG BECAUSE OF SOME US/JAP FIC D:))

Example Usage of Shogunate