Word Meanings - MIKADO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.

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• POPULARIZATION
  The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
• JAPAN CURRENT
  A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion
• JAPANNED
  Treated, or coated, with varnish in the Japanese manner. Japanned leather,leather treated with coatings of Japan varnish, and dried in a stove. Knight.
• JAPANESE
  Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.
• JAPANNING
  The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.
• HEREDITARY
  1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown. 2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a
• POPULAR
  1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. "Popular states." Bacon. "So the popular vote inclines." Milton. The commonly held in
• SOVEREIGNIZE
  To exercise supreme authority. Sir T. Herbert.
• SOVEREIGNLY
  In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer.
• POPULARES
  The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates.
• POPULARNESS
  The quality or state of being popular; popularity. Coleridge.
• JAPANNISH
  After the manner of the Japanese; resembling japanned articles. Carlyle.
• SOVEREIGN
  soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to
• POPULARIZE
  To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. "The popularizing of religious teaching." Milman.
• POPULARITY
  1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book. A popularity
• POPULARIZER
  One who popularizes.
• SOVEREIGNTY
  The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into
• POPULARLY
  In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported. The victor knight, Bareheaded, popularly low had bowed. Dryden.
• JAPANNER
  1. One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art. 2. A bootblack.
• JAPAN
  Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
• COSOVEREIGN
  A joint sovereign.