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warlord

[ wawr-lawrd ]

noun

  1. a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
  2. a military commander who has seized power, especially in one section of a country.


warlord

/ ˈ·ÉÉ”ËËŒ±ôɔ˻å /

noun

  1. a military leader of a nation or part of a nation, esp one who is accountable to nobody when the central government is weak

    the Chinese warlords

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Origin of warlord1

First recorded in 1855–60; war 1 + lord
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As John Blackthorne, a shipwrecked English navigator who is taken prisoner, he becomes involved in a battle among warlords seeking to become Japan’s supreme military ruler and falls in love with his married interpreter.

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Around them, the Myanmar military and a hotch-potch of rebel armies and warlords are fighting for control of Karen State.

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"The war will stop when these warlords feel they have more to lose by continuing fighting, than by doing the sensible thing" Egeland said.

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Transactional politics imply cutting deals with coup leaders and warlords whose crimes are their credentials.

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The country has been divided by power struggles and currently has two governments - a UN-recognised one based in Tripoli, and another in the country's east backed by warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar.

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