Definition of "daimyo" [daimyo]

• Variant of daimio. (noun)

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• "Clan Mamorukin protested; the daimyo were their guests and would not be harmed."
• "The daimyo was a young man then, not yet thirty I think, and he marched up to the platform where his commanding officer was waiting for him."
• "Loyalty to the daimyo was the vital part of the religion of the past, as loyalty to the Emperor is the vital part of the popular religion of to-day."