war lord
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Noun edit
- Alternative form of warlord
- 1938, Robert H. Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek[1], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 59:
- On February 16, 1927, Chiang met the northern forces in open battle before Hangchow, and inflicted a smashing defeat. The middle-Yangtse war-lord fled north.