/ · 1894 Brewer’s · M · Mikado (Japan, mi, exalted; kado, gate)
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is not a title of the emperor of Japan, but simply means the person who lives in the imperial palace.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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