Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mikado

(Japan, mi, exalted; kado, gate), is not a title of the emperor of Japan, but simply means the person who lives in the imperial palace.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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