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warlord

warlord

English

Noun

warlord ‎(plural warlords)

A high military officer in a warlike nation.
A local ruler or bandit leader usually where the government is weak.

Related terms

lord
war

Derived terms

warlording

Translations

high military officer in a warlike nation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 軍閥 (zh), 军阀 (zh) ‎(jūnfá), 督軍 (zh), 督军 (zh) ‎(dūjūn), 將軍 (zh), 将军 (zh) ‎(jiāngjun)
Dutch: krijgsheer (nl)
Estonian: sõjapealik
Finnish: sotapäällikkö (fi)
French: seigneur de la guerre (fr) m
German: Kriegsherr m
Greek: πολέμαρχος (el) m ‎(polémarchos)
Japanese: 将軍 (ja) ‎(しょうぐん, shōgun)

Khmer: ស្ដេចត្រាញ់ ‎(sdach trañ), ស្ដេចសឹក ‎(sdach sək)
Korean: 장군 (ko) ‎(janggun) (將軍 (ko))
Occitan: senhor de la guèrra
Portuguese: senhor da guerra m
Russian: главнокома́ндующий (ru) m ‎(glavnokomándujuščij) (commander in chief), военача́льник (ru) m ‎(vojenačálʹnik), воево́да (ru) m ‎(vojevóda), полково́дец (ru) m ‎(polkovódec), кома́ндующий (ru) m ‎(komándujuščij)
Serbo-Croatian: ratni vođa m, gospodar rata m, vojskovođa (sh) m, војсковођа m
Spanish: señor de la guerra m
Swedish: krigsherre
Turkish: komutan (tr)

local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak

Chinese:
Mandarin: 軍閥 (zh), 军阀 (zh) ‎(jūnfá), 督軍 (zh), 督军 (zh) ‎(dūjūn)
Finnish: sotaherra (fi)
French: seigneur de la guerre (fr) m
German: Kriegsherr m

Italian: signore della guerra m
Khmer: ស្ដេចត្រាញ់ ‎(sdach trañ), ស្ដេចសឹក ‎(sdach sək)
Occitan: senhor de la guèrra
Portuguese: caudilho (pt) m, senhor da guerra m
Russian: полево́й команди́р m ‎(polevój komandír), милитари́ст (ru) m ‎(militaríst)
Spanish: señor de la guerra m