Answer: shoguns

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SHOGUNSOne-time military rulers of Japan
SHOGUNSJapanese leaders of old
SHOGUNSFormer tycoons.
SHOGUNSOld Japanese ruling line
SHOGUNSLiterally, "military commanders"
SHOGUNSOld Japanese military leaders
shogunsA hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867
shogunsSHOGUN, a former military leader of Japan