Definition of daimyo in English:
daimyo
(also daimio)
nounPlural daimyosˈdʌɪmɪəʊˈdʌɪmjəʊˈdīmyō
(in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun.
〈史〉大名(日本封建幕府时代将军的封臣)
Example sentencesExamples
- Attesting to Yuken's skill we have the following story of how Lord Nagato, a daimyo from Sesshu, became Yuken's student.
- The patronage of a daimyo allowed the potteries to aim for the highest quality without regard to cost.
- Those employed by a daimyo not only received a generous stipend but were accorded samurai status as well.
- I sighed, reluctantly pouring more tea for the daimyo after catching my mother's cold stare.
- Land was held in customary tenure, the largest holdings by 250 daimyos (feudal lords), each with his retinue of dependent samurai.
- In Japan the Tokugawa had restored order in 1600 and ruled Japan's feudal daimyos with a rod of iron for more than two centuries thereafter.
Origin
Japanese, from dai 'great' + myō 'name'.