Dictionary

warlord en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈwɔɹlɔɹd/ (General-American)
• /ˈwɔːlɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From war + lord.

Meanings

1. 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. 2007 June 18, Nicholas Kristof, quoting Laurent Nkunda, “Dinner With a Warlord”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • 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 they were doomed to lose. 2002 February 1, John F. Burns, “Warlord Fends Off Warlord, Echoing Afghans' Bitter Past”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

warlordship · warlordism · warlording

Descendants

Warlord

Relateds

militia

Translations (61)

sv krigsherre (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · sv krigsherre (high military officer in a warlike nation) · de Kriegsfürst (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · ru кома́ндующий (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ca senyor de la guerra (high military officer in a warlike nation) · es caudillo (high military officer in a warlike nation) · mk војсководец (high military officer in a warlike nation) · oc senhor de la guèrra (high military officer in a warlike nation) · fr seigneur de la guerre (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · km ស្ដេចត្រាញ់ (high military officer in a warlike nation) · da krigsherre (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · km ស្ដេចត្រាញ់ (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · cmn 軍閥 /军阀 (high military officer in a warlike nation) · cmn 軍閥 /军阀 (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · km ស្ដេចសឹក (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ko 군벌 (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · pt caudilho (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · cy cadlywydd (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · es señor de la guerra (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ru воево́да (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ru полково́дец (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ru полево́й команди́р (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · pt senhor da guerra (high military officer in a warlike nation) · de Kriegsherr (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · it signore della guerra (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · ga taoiseach cogaidh (high military officer in a warlike nation) · es señor de la guerra (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · de Warlord (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · es caudillo (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · hu hadúr (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ar أَمِير حَرْب (high military officer in a warlike nation) · cmn 督軍 /督军 (high military officer in a warlike nation) · sh војсковођа (high military officer in a warlike nation) · pl watażka (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · oc senhor de la guèrra (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · fi sotapäällikkö (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ru главнокома́ндующий (high military officer in a warlike nation) · et sõjapealik (high military officer in a warlike nation) · cy cadlywydd (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ja 将軍 (high military officer in a warlike nation) · hu hadúr (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · nl krijgsheer (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ru милитари́ст (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · tr komutan (high military officer in a warlike nation) · pt senhor da guerra (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · it signore della guerra (high military officer in a warlike nation) · sh vojskovođa (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ru военача́льник (high military officer in a warlike nation) · bg военачалник (high military officer in a warlike nation) · sh gospodar rata (high military officer in a warlike nation) · km ស្ដេចសឹក (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · fr seigneur de guerre (high military officer in a warlike nation) · cmn 督軍 /督军 (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · cmn 將軍 /将军 (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ko 장군 (high military officer in a warlike nation) · de Kriegsherr (high military officer in a warlike nation) · sh ratni vođa (high military officer in a warlike nation) · ga taoiseach cogaidh (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) · el πολέμαρχος (high military officer in a warlike nation) · da krigsherre (high military officer in a warlike nation) · fi sotaherra (local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak)