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tuchuns

tuchuns is the plural of tuchun.

Meaning of tuchun

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

Questions about tuchuns

What is tuchuns the plural of?
Tuchuns is the plural of tuchun.

Words near tuchuns in the dictionary

  1. tuchun
  2. tuchunate
  3. tuchunates
  4. tuchungism
  5. tuchunism
  6. tuchuns
  7. tuchunship
  8. tuchunships
  9. tuchus
  10. tuchuses
  11. tuck

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