Definitions for daimyos

daimyos dai·myo

Spelling: [dahy-myaw]
IPA: /ˈdaɪ myɔ/

Daimyos is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in daimyos (adimosy).

Definitions for daimyos

noun

  1. one of the great feudal lords who were vassals of the shogun.

Origin of daimyos

1830-40; Japanese, equivalent to dai big, great (Chinese) + myō name (

Examples for daimyos

In the long ago it served as the audience chamber of a daimyo's 'Besso' or play place.

At Takamatsu I had the opportunity of visiting a daimyo's castle.

The town now enjoyed as a park of more than ten acres the grounds of a subsidiary residence of the daimyo.

A dramatic tale by one of the story-tellers was about a yokelish young wrestler and a daimyo.

For, at the very same time, there was the most intense loyalty to the local lord or "daimyo."

In one place I found a factory built on the side of a daimyo's castle.

Whenever a daimyo traveled to Yedo, the capital, he was treated almost as a god by the people.

Aya, sweet maid, was the only child of a daimyo of the Province of Omi.

To be specific, let us note that in feudal times there were some 270 daimyo living in the utmost luxury.

The daimyo gave him a handsome sum of money, besides full liberty to preach wherever he went.

Word Value for daimyos
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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