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mikado

[ mi-kah-doh ]

noun

plural mikados.
  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a title of the emperor of Japan.
  2. (initial capital letter, italics) an operetta (1885) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
  3. (initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.


mikado

/ ³¾ÉªËˆ°ìÉ‘Ë»åəʊ /

noun

  1. archaic.
    often capital the Japanese emperor Compare tenno
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mikado1

1720–30; < Japanese, equivalent to mi- exalted + kado gate, door (of the imperial palace)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mikado1

C18: from Japanese, from mi- honourable + kado gate
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“I’ve been coming here since I was a kid,†said Laura Hureski, stretching out on a bench on the museum lawn in her flowing ivory mikado wedding gown one afternoon in August.

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“The shells intended to make the world safe for democracy when fired through the cannon of the czar and the mikado,†A.J.

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Other than preserving the word “mikado,†which it uses as a synonym for “ruler,†this production avoids any reference to Japan.

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Here, a cubist silk and cotton mikado blazer and tuxedo short would be fun even without the red waistband and bright blue collar.

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Kami, k�′mi, n. a Japanese term for a lord, for any of the national gods, demi-gods, or deified heroes, or any of their supposed descendants, as the mikados and the imperial family.

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