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warlord

noun
/ˈwɔɹlɔɹd/US/ˈwɔːlɔːd/UK

Etymology

From war + lord.

  1. inherited from hlāford
  2. inherited from lord
  3. compounded as warlord — “war + lord”

Definitions

  1. A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the…

    A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak.

    • “I’m not a warlord … I’m a liberator of the people,” he said. That’s the problem: So are they all. More than four million people have died in Congo’s wars since 1998, making it the most lethal conflict since World War II.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA