See Also: Going Private(money)
Take Private(money)
Going private(finance)
private(dictionary)
private eye(dictionary)
Private(money)
private law(dictionary)
Private(medicine)
LAW, PRIVATE(law)
PRIVATE(law)

warlord (iou) and private eye (oh)


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.

private eye (oh)



n [C]
informal a private detective