mikados

Variant of mikado

mikado definition

mi·kado (mi kä′dō)

noun pl. mikados -·dos

the emperor of Japan: title no longer used

Etymology: Jpn, lit., exalted gate (i.e., of the Imperial palace) < mi, an honorific + kado, gate

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