Plural of daimio; multiple feudal Japanese lords or the collective class of regional nobility in feudal Japan.
Direct plural of 'daimio' following standard English pluralization. The term daimios collectively represented one of the most powerful classes in Japanese society from roughly the 12th-19th centuries.
There were about 250 major daimios at the height of the Edo period—each one essentially a mini-emperor in his domain, which meant Japan functioned less like a unified country and more like a carefully-balanced alliance of mini-states.
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