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mikado

noun
/mɪˈkɑːdəʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).

  1. borrowed from 御門

Definitions

  1. A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.

  2. Any emperor of Japan.

    • The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
    • An interval of eighty years, occupied by two mikado of whose doings nothing is recorded, brings us to the celebrated female sovereign who invaded and conquered Korea.
    • Our great Mikado, virtuous man, When he to rule our land began, Resolved to try a plan whereby Young men might best be steadied.

  3. A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden…

    A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A fabric having a stiff twill weave.

    2. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.

    3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United…

      A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.

    4. Alternative letter-case form of mikado (“emperor of Japan”).

    5. The steam locomotive 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.

The neighborhood

Derived

mikadoate, Mikadoism

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA