warlord
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warlord
- /ˈwɔɹlɔɹd/ US
- /ˈwɔːlɔːd/ UK
Where it comes from
From war + lord.
noun warlords · war lord · war-lord
- A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak. Afghanistan's first major battle of the post-Taliban era ended tonight when the soldiers of the warlord besieging this strategic city south of Kabul ran out of ammunition and fled the battlefront in clouds of dust, cursing the warlord to his face for his callousness in committing them to a fight the
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Closest in meaning: military leader, military, war, warrior, combatant, caudillo, lord, honor, honour, general, emir, amir, generale, war lord, war leader, war chief
Translations
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noun high military officer in a warlike nation
| Español | señor de la guerra, caudillo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 장군 janggun |
| 日本語 | 将軍 shōgun |
| 中文 | 軍閥 /军阀 jūnfá, 督軍 /督军 dūjūn, 將軍 /将军 jiāngjun |
| Português | senhor da guerra |
| Français | seigneur de guerre |
| Deutsch | Kriegsherr |
| Italiano | signore della guerra |
| Ελληνικά | πολέμαρχος polémarchos |
| Русский | главнокома́ндующий glavnokomándujuščij, военача́льник vojenačálʹnik, воево́да vojevóda, полково́дец polkovódec, кома́ндующий komándujuščij |
| العربية | أَمِير حَرْب ʔamīr ḥarb |
noun local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak
| Español | señor de la guerra, caudillo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 군벌 gunbeol |
| 中文 | 軍閥 /军阀 jūnfá, 督軍 /督军 dūjūn |
| Português | caudilho, senhor da guerra |
| Français | seigneur de la guerre |
| Deutsch | Kriegsherr, Warlord, Kriegsfürst |
| Italiano | signore della guerra |
| Русский | полево́й команди́р polevój komandír, милитари́ст militaríst |
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@misc{warlord_2026,
title = {warlord},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/warlord},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
