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Definition of Daimio
1. n. The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
Definition of Daimio
1. a former Japanese nobleman [n -MIOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daimio
Literary usage of Daimio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan by Walter G. Dickson, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"CHAPTER X THE daimio CLASS IN the official list of ... his coats of arms, of
which each daimio has two or more; the presents he is to make to the ..."
2. Dictionary of Historical Allusions by Harbottle, Thomas Benfield, d. 1904 (1904)
"in the case of a daimio or a gentleman of high rank. Harangue. An appeal addressed
by 'William of Orange to the Princes of Germany, in 1571, setting forth ..."
3. The Old Navy and the New by Daniel Ammen, Ulysses Simpson Grant (1891)
"... Islands—Yeddo Bay— The daimio—Nagasaki—Lieutenant McIntosh throws the Poles
off the Bows placed there by the Japanese—Japanese Artists—A Squall—Object ..."
4. Ten Weeks in Japan by George Smith (1861)
"PRINCE OF KANGA, THE WEALTHIEST daimio, AND HEAD OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
THE REPUTED LIBERALS OF THE EMPIRE A NURSERY-GARDEN. RICHLY CULTIVATED COUNTRY. ..."
5. Missionary Heroes in Asia: True Stories of the Intrepid Bravery and Stirring by John Chisholm Lambert (1908)
"... Japan—The daimio and the stable-boy—Thirsting for truth —In a junk to Hakodate—A
schooner and a stowaway—A discovery in Hong-Kong1—Arrival in Boston—Mr. ..."
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