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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mi-kah-doh
Phonetic Transcription : mɪˈkɑ doʊ



Definition of mikado

Origin :
  • 1727, former title of the emperor of Japan, from mi "honorable" + kado "gate, portal." Similar to Sublime Porte, old title of the Ottoman emperor/government, and Pharaoh, which literally means "great house."
  • As in ruler : noun historically, person who ruled an area
  • As in king : noun ruler
Example sentences :
  • The Mikado is lamenting a sudden realisation that he is too old for his love.
  • Extract from : « The Garden of Bright Waters » by Various
  • Shortly after, in a battle with the rebels the mikado was shot dead with an arrow.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • On levée day I saw the reception at the Mikado's palace in Yeddo.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 » by Various
  • No one--Czar or diplomat, Kaiser or Mikado--seemed to know anything.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
  • They were in attendance on the mikado, who is now on a tour of his empire.
  • Extract from : « In Eastern Seas » by J. J. Smith
  • Church and State are so closely welded that the Mikado is regarded as a god.
  • Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch
  • Kyoto was a great city in medieval days, when it was the residence of the Mikado.
  • Extract from : « The Critic in the Orient » by George Hamlin Fitch
  • I think that was not so very long after the Mikado made its debut.
  • Extract from : « A Portrait of Old George Town » by Grace Dunlop Ecker
  • You cannot think of the Mikado of Japan in terms of royal dignity.
  • Extract from : « Penguin Persons & Peppermints » by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • As Gilbert's "Mikado" would say, "the punishment fits the crime."
  • Extract from : « From Paris to New York by Land » by Harry de Windt

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