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warlord (iou)



warlord noun. M19.
[from WAR noun1 + LORD noun.]
A military commander or commander-in-chief. M19.
[translating Chinese junfa.] In China: a military commander having a regional power base and ruling independently of the central government, orig. and esp. in China in the period 1916-28. Now also, any regional military commander with more or less independent control of an area or military group. E20.
warlordism noun the policies or practices of a warlord; government by warlords: M20.