mikado
noun
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Pronunciation: /mɪˈkɑːdəʊ/
name
Etymology: From Japanese 御門 (mikado).
- A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).
- A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
- 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.”
- 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.
- A fabric having a stiff twill weave.