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warlords

warlords is the plural 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

Questions about warlords

What is warlords the plural of?
Warlords is the plural of warlord.

Words near warlords in the dictionary

  1. warlord
  2. Warlord Era
  3. warlording
  4. warlordism
  5. warlordisms
  6. warlords
  7. warlordship
  8. warlott
  9. warlotts
  10. warlover
  11. warlovers

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