mikado

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
2. (countable, literary)Any emperor of Japan.

   “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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.
4. (countable, uncountable)A fabric having a stiff twill weave.
5. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of mikado (“emperor of Japan”).
6. The steam locomotive 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.

   “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.”

name

1. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.