tuchun
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editFrom the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 督軍/督军 (dūjūn, “military governor; warlord”).
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edittuchun (plural tuchuns or tuchun)
- (historical) A Chinese military governor or warlord.
- 1956, Chien-nung Li, “The Struggle Between the Kuomintang and the Peiyang Military Clique”, in The Political History of China 1840-1928[1], D. Van Nostrand Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 301–302:
- 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.
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editChinese military governor
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