国こく主しゅ大だい名みょう

noun

daimyo ruling one or more provinces (Edo period)

Historical term for a daimyo whose domain encompassed at least one entire province. Compare with 国主 (sense 2).

See also: 国主

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、国こく主しゅ大だい名みょうは将しょう軍ぐん家けとの関かん係けいが特とくに重じゅう視しされた。

  During the Edo period, daimyo ruling entire provinces were especially valued in their relations with the shogunate.