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mikado
mikado a title formerly given to the emperor of Japan. The word comes from Japanese mi ‘august’ + kado ‘gate’; the title is a tranferred use of ‘gate (to the Imperial palace)’, an ancient place of audience.
It was usual for European writers prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to describe the Mikado as a ‘spiritual’ emperor and the Shogun (who was the de facto ruler until 1867) as a second or ‘temporal’ ruler. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "mikado." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "mikado." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-mikado.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "mikado." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-mikado.html |
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mikado
mi·ka·do / miˈkädō/ • n. hist. a title given to the emperor of Japan. |
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"mikado." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mikado." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mikado.html "mikado." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-mikado.html |
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mikado
mikado XVIII. — Jap., orig. the gate (of the imperial palace), f. mi (honorific prefix) + kado gate.
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T. F. HOAD. "mikado." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "mikado." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mikado.html T. F. HOAD. "mikado." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-mikado.html |
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mikado
mikado , a former title of the emperor of Japan used chiefly in the English language. |
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"mikado." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "mikado." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-mikado.html "mikado." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-mikado.html |
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Mikado
Mikado •foreshadow, shadow
•Faldo
•accelerando, bandeau, Brando, glissando, Orlando
•eyeshadow
•aficionado, amontillado, avocado, Bardo, Barnardo, bastinado, bravado, Colorado, desperado, Dorado, eldorado, incommunicado, Leonardo, Mikado, muscovado, Prado, renegado, Ricardo, stifado
•commando
•eddo, Edo, meadow
•crescendo, diminuendo, innuendo, kendo
•carbonado, dado, Feydeau, gambado, Oviedo, Toledo, tornado
•aikido, bushido, credo, Guido, Ido, libido, lido, speedo, teredo, torpedo, tuxedo
•widow • dildo • window
•Dido, Fido, Hokkaido
•condo, rondeau, rondo, secondo, tondo
•Waldo
•dodo, Komodo, Quasimodo
•escudo, judo, ludo, pseudo, testudo, Trudeau
•weirdo • sourdough • fricandeau
•tournedos • Murdo
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"Mikado." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Mikado." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Mikado.html "Mikado." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Mikado.html |
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