warlord
(wôr′lôrd′)
noun
- a high military officer in a warlike nation
- an aggressive tyrant
- a local ruler or bandit leader, as formerly in China, with some sort of military following in a district where the established government is weak
See warlord in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun A military commander exercising civil power in a region, whether in nominal allegiance to the national government or in defiance of it.
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