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warlord
[ wawr-lawrd ]
noun
- a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- a military commander who has seized power, especially in one section of a country.
warlord
/ ˈ·ÉÉ”ËËŒ±ôɔ˻å /
noun
- 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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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.
Around them, the Myanmar military and a hotch-potch of rebel armies and warlords are fighting for control of Karen State.
"The war will stop when these warlords feel they have more to lose by continuing fighting, than by doing the sensible thing" Egeland said.
Transactional politics imply cutting deals with coup leaders and warlords whose crimes are their credentials.
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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