warlordism

Variant of warlord

warlord definition

war·lord (wôr′lôrd′)

noun

  1. a high military officer in a warlike nation
  2. an aggressive tyrant
  3. a local ruler or bandit leader, as formerly in China, with some sort of military following in a district where the established government is weak

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