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war lord

war lord is the alternative form of warlord.

Meaning of warlord

Noun

warlord (plural warlords)

  1. A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak.
    • Afghanistan's first major battle of the post-Taliban era ended tonight when the soldiers of the warlord besieging this strategic city south of Kabul ran out of ammunition and fled the battlefront in clouds of dust, cursing the warlord to his face for his callousness in committing them to a fight...2002 February 1, John F. Burns, “Warlord Fends Off Warlord, Echoing Afghans' Bitter Past”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of war lord

pluralwar lords

Questions about war lord

What is war lord the alternative form of?
War lord is the alternative form of warlord.

Words near war lord in the dictionary

  1. War in Europe
  2. War in the Pacific
  3. war is hell
  4. war leader
  5. war leaders
  6. war lord
  7. war lords
  8. war machine
  9. war machines
  10. war memorial
  11. war memorials

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