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tuchun

Syllables: tu·chun/tuːˈt͡ʃʊn/

tuchun noun: a Chinese military governor or warlord.

Noun

tuchun (plural tuchuns or tuchun)

  1. (historical) A Chinese military governor or warlord.
    • He planned to shift the appointment of Ts’ai Ao from Yunnan to the post of tuchün [title of military governor of a province] of Hunan so that Ts’ai Ao, who wished to go home, could superintend affairs in his native province.1956, Chien-nung Li, “The Struggle Between the Kuomintang and the Peiyang Military Clique”, in The Political History of China 1840-1928, D. Van Nostrand Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 301–302

Forms of tuchun

pluraltuchuns
pluraltuchun

Origin of tuchun

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 督軍／督军 (dūjūn, “military governor; warlord”).

Words formed from tuchun

Questions about tuchun

What does tuchun mean?
Tuchun means a Chinese military governor or warlord.
What part of speech is tuchun?
Tuchun is a noun.
How do you pronounce tuchun?
Tuchun is pronounced /tuːˈt͡ʃʊn/.
What is the plural of tuchun?
The plural of tuchun is tuchuns.

Words near tuchun in the dictionary

  1. Tuchman
  2. Tuchmans
  3. Tuchola
  4. Tucholski
  5. Tucholskis
  6. tuchun
  7. tuchunate
  8. tuchunates
  9. tuchungism
  10. tuchunism
  11. tuchuns

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