maegashiran.

Brit.

/ˌmʌɪˈɡaʃɪrə/,

/ˌmʌɪɡəˈʃɪərə/, U.S.

/ˌmaɪˈɡɑʃɪrə/,

/ˌmaɪɡəˈʃɪ(ə)rə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: 1800s mae-gashira, 1800s maigashira, 1900s– maegashira, 1900s– maegasira. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese maegashira.

Etymology: < Japanese maegashira (1720 as mahegashira) < mahe- (now mae-) front, first part (in mae-zumō opening section of sumo performance) + -gashira, combining form of kashira head, top (part), leader.

Sumo.

Originally: the highest rank of wrestler included in the opening section of a sumo tournament; (in later use) the lower rank of wrestler within the Makunouchi division; a member of this rank.

ΚΠ

1892 M. French-Sheldon & E. L. Sheldon tr. F. Régamey Japan in Art & Industry 265 There exist three classes of wrestlers: the aspirants, komosobi [sic, for komusubi]; the masters, maigashira; and the grand-masters, ozéki.

1898 F. Brinkley Japan viii. 291 Each camp has its three champions, called..the ‘great seat’ (o-seki), the ‘seat-divider’—i.e., middle-seat—(seki-wake), and the ‘front-head’ (mae-gashira).

1938 L. W. Bush & Y. Kagami Japanalia 155/2 Between the Sanyaku and the Maku-shita comes a group of twenty wrestlers who are called Maegashira.

1957 J. Holway Sumo ii. 10 On each team there are twenty-one maegashira each given a rank from 21 up to 1.

1985 P. L. Cuyler Sumo 98 In 1873 Takasago, now a maegashira wrestler, and nearly forty other high-ranking wrestlers revived the discarded reform movement.

1998 Japan Echo (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. 39 Tagaryu, the number-12 maegashira in sole control of the lead with only one loss, was up against another ozeki, Asashio.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maegashira
释义	maegashiran. Brit. /ˌmʌɪˈɡaʃɪrə/, /ˌmʌɪɡəˈʃɪərə/, U.S. /ˌmaɪˈɡɑʃɪrə/, /ˌmaɪɡəˈʃɪ(ə)rə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: 1800s mae-gashira, 1800s maigashira, 1900s– maegashira, 1900s– maegasira. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese maegashira. Etymology: < Japanese maegashira (1720 as mahegashira) < mahe- (now mae-) front, first part (in mae-zumō opening section of sumo performance) + -gashira, combining form of kashira head, top (part), leader. Sumo. Originally: the highest rank of wrestler included in the opening section of a sumo tournament; (in later use) the lower rank of wrestler within the Makunouchi division; a member of this rank. ΚΠ 1892 M. French-Sheldon & E. L. Sheldon tr. F. Régamey Japan in Art & Industry 265 There exist three classes of wrestlers: the aspirants, komosobi [sic, for komusubi]; the masters, maigashira; and the grand-masters, ozéki. 1898 F. Brinkley Japan viii. 291 Each camp has its three champions, called..the ‘great seat’ (o-seki), the ‘seat-divider’—i.e., middle-seat—(seki-wake), and the ‘front-head’ (mae-gashira). 1938 L. W. Bush & Y. Kagami Japanalia 155/2 Between the Sanyaku and the Maku-shita comes a group of twenty wrestlers who are called Maegashira. 1957 J. Holway Sumo ii. 10 On each team there are twenty-one maegashira each given a rank from 21 up to 1. 1985 P. L. Cuyler Sumo 98 In 1873 Takasago, now a maegashira wrestler, and nearly forty other high-ranking wrestlers revived the discarded reform movement. 1998 Japan Echo (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. 39 Tagaryu, the number-12 maegashira in sole control of the lead with only one loss, was up against another ozeki, Asashio. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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