Definitions for daimyoˈdaɪ myoʊ  This page provides all possible
meanings and translations of the word daimyo  Random House
Webster's College Dictionary  dai•myoˈdaɪ myoʊ(n.)(pl.)-myo,
-myos.    1. one of the great feudal lords of Japan who were
vassals of the shogun.      Category: Western History  Origin of
daimyo:  1830–40; < Japn, =dai big, great (< Chin) +myō name (<
Chin)     1. daimyo(Noun)      A lord during the Japanese feudal
period.     1. Daimyo      The daimyo were the powerful
territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the
country from their vast, hereditary land holdings. In the term,
"dai" literally means "large", and "myō" stands for myōden,
meaning private land. Subordinate only to the shogun, daimyo
were the most powerful feudal rulers from the 10th century to
the middle 19th century in Japan. From the shugo of the
Muromachi period through the Sengoku to the daimyo of the Edo
period, the rank had a long and varied history. The term
"daimyo" is also sometimes used to refer to th