shogunate

/shoh-guh-nit, -neyt/US // ˈʃoʊ gə nɪt, -ˌneɪt //UK // (ˈʃəʊɡʊnɪt, -ˌneɪt) //

幕府,幕府政府,幕府制,幕府时代

Definitions

n.名词 noun

For nearly three hundred years the Shogunate exercised great power.
Most of the Shogunate troops were organised according to the old system of the Middle Ages.
Towards the later years of the Shogunate it possessed a small but creditable navy in the European style.
It follows, therefore, that when a great feudal lord became an open enemy of the Shogunate, his opposition was an organised power.
The same thing was done even down to the last days of the Shogunate, though on a limited scale and less frequently.