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warlord

/wawr-lawrd/US // ˈwɔrˌlɔrd //UK // (ˈwɔːˌlɔːd) //

枭雄,军阀,霸主,枭龙

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
    • : a military commander who has seized power, especially in one section of a country.
    • : tuchun.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infighter

Examples

  • Experts said armed resistance to the Taliban over the coming months is possible, too, particularly given the weaponry that warlords and their militias have, depending on how the Taliban proceed.

  • Additionally, the Taliban were able to get this far through cutting deals with warlords — a lesson they learned from their failures in 2001.

  • The various mujahideen factions turned on one another, sparking a civil war between warlords that lasted until the Taliban seized Kabul in 1996.

  • We also cannot allow the old warlords, looters and strongmen that people are fed up with to come back in the name of inclusiveness and a representative government.

  • In years past, the bedrock of the party’s narrative was rescuing China from the “century of humiliation” wrought by warlords and colonial powers.

  • Dostum is a warlord par excellence and a classic product of Afghan politics, which is both local and volatile.

  • He was a Burmese national—resistance fighter, drug smuggler, kidnapper, warlord.

  • Adventurer journalist Robert Young Pelton is crowdfunding a trip to find African warlord Joseph Kony.

  • Pelton says he has been tracking the warlord through his many personal contacts on the ground since 1993.

  • Indeed, in April of this year, the United States offered a reward of $5 million a head for the warlord and some of his top aides.

  • You deny any knowledge of the Warlord battleship that is being built from these modified plans.

  • Be that as it may, however, the important thing is that Miotis was the name of this warlord, whatever one may feel about his name.

  • The warlord waved a hand, and as if by magic the court was emptied but for the guards who never left their posts.