Definitions for Warlord
ˈwɔrˌlɔrdwar·lord

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. warlordnoun

   supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. warlordnoun

   A high military officer in a warlike nation.

2. warlordnoun

   A local ruler or bandit leader usually where the government is weak.

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1. Warlord

   A warlord is a person who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region in a country without a strong national government; largely because of coercive control over the armed forces. Warlords have existed throughout much of history, albeit in a variety of different capacities within the political, economic, and social structure of states or ungoverned territories. The term is most often applied to China in the mid-19th century and the early 20th century. The term can also be used for any supreme military leader.

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1. warlord

   A warlord is a military commander, especially one who is aggressive and authoritarian, who has control over a sub-national area due to the presence of armed forces, typically due to a central government's inability to maintain control. Often, warlords exercise political control and maintain their authority through the use of military force.

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1. Warlord

   A warlord is a person with power who has both military and civil control over a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war. Today, the word has a strong connotation that the person exercises far more power than his official title or rank legitimately permits. Under feudalism, by contrast, the local military leader may enjoy great autonomy and a personal army, and still derive legitimacy from formal fealty to a central authority. Warlordism is a term coined to describe chaos at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the birth of the Republic of China, from the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916 until 1928. This period is called the warlord era of China. It can however be used to describe similar periods in other countries or epochs such as in Japan during the Sengoku period, or in China during the Three Kingdoms, or in Somalia during the Somali Civil War. The word "warlord" entered the English language as a translation from the German word "Kriegsherr", which was an official title of the German Emperor. Its use for Chinese military commanders who had a regional power base and ruled independently of the central government dates from the early 1920s, with Bertram Lenox Simpson being one source, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Warlord in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Warlord in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Warlord in a Sentence

1. Lina Khatib:

   Even ISIS is not immune from the warlord phenomenon that takes place in the context of civil war and is being witnessed in Syria today.

2. Bill Schabas:

   The conviction of (Congolese warlord) Thomas Lubanga arguably had a deterrent effect on the use of child soldiers, maybe this will do the same for cultural monument destruction.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Warlord
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Warlord
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord
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5. ^ Wikidata
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