American English pronunciation

How to pronounce warlord

IPA transcription: ['wɔɹ,lɔɹd]

Pronunciation variants: ['wɔɹ,lɔɹd]['wɚ,lɔɹd]['wɔɹ,lɚd]

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Noun

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

Usage examples

  • During the battle, The Warlord's crew was killed while he escaped using the hovercraft.
  • Ozymandias was once a warlord in Ancient Egypt.
  • China fell into a fragmented region of local warlords.
  • Ma Chao later defected to another warlord Liu Bei, and Ma Dai accompanied him.
  • His artistic name in Warlord is "Thunder Child".
  • The fifth book serves to tie up loose ends from "The Flying Warlord".
  • He called on the Chinese warlord from whose territory some rifle shots had come.
  • He later became an independent warlord and leader of Afghanistan's Uzbek community.
  • The other major consideration in categorizing warlords is through the lens of history.
  • The sovereign, however, remained the ultimate judge, warlord and owner of the land.