御み台だい

noun

wife of a shogun or highest-ranking nobleman

Historical term for the principal wife of a shogun or a top-ranking court noble. Used in pre-modern contexts.

• 御み台だい所どころは将しょう軍ぐんの正せい室しつを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  Midaidokoro is a term for the shogun's legal wife.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、御み台だいは大おお奥おくで最もっとも高たかい地ち位いにあった。

  In the Edo period, the midaidokoro held the highest position in the Ōoku.