The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHOGUN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SHOGUN
- Military ruler’s command to soldiers about bad error in field
- Military commander to reveal, we hear, weapon
- Commander half-revealed weapon
- Dominant Japanese boar basking?
- Fireball rounding corner finds old dictator
- Star carrying animal to old Japanese dictator
- Japanese military governor’s timeless firearm
- Modern weapon disheartened old Japanese dictator
- Military governor has shortened broad cannon?
- Paper-wrapped pig for dictator
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What does SHOGUN mean?
SHOGUN noun- The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.