mikado
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Is mikado a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (history) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.countableuncountable
2. (literary, countable) Any emperor of Japan.Examples: "The mikados of Japan are its emperors."; "An interval of eighty years, occupied by two mikado of whose doings nothing is recorded, brings us to the celebrated female sovereign who invaded and conquered Korea."; "Our great Mikado, virtuous man, When he to rule our land began, Resolved to try a plan whereby Young men might best be steadied."Synonyms: tennocountableliterary
noun (English)
1. (rail transport) The steam locomotive 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.Examples: "From Mombasa the train is worked by a Mikado, built in 1927 by Robert Stephenson, Darlington, originally intended for shunting, but now used on most passenger trains between Mombasa and Nairobi, where the rails are 80 lb. to the yard, laid in 40 ft. lengths."
Definition source: Wiktionary