Warlord

Noun

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

Related terms

 * lord
 * war

Derived terms

 * warlording

Thesaurus
Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, tyrant, usurper

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 軍閥, 军阀,  督軍,  督军,  ,
 * Dutch: krijgsheer
 * Finnish:
 * French: seigneur de la guerre
 * German:
 * Greek: πολέμαρχος


 * Japanese:, 軍閥
 * Korean:
 * Russian: (commander in chief),  военачальник,  воевода, ,  командующий
 * Serbo-Croatian: ratni vođa, gospodar rata,  vojskovođa,  војсковођа
 * Spanish: señor de la guerra
 * Swedish: krigsherre


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 軍閥, 军阀,  督軍,  督军
 * Finnish:
 * French: seigneur de la guerre
 * German:


 * Japanese: 軍閥
 * Russian: полевой командир, милитарист
 * Spanish: señor de la guerra