Meaning of Warlord | Babel Free
ˈwɔɹlɔɹdDefinitions
A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak.
Equivalents
Български
военача́лник
Català
senyor de la guerra
Cymraeg
cadlywydd
Dansk
krigsherre
Ελληνικά
πολέμαρχος
Magyar
hadúr
Italiano
signore della guerra
日本語
将軍
Македонски
војсководец
Nederlands
krijgsheer
Polski
watażka
Русский
воевода
военачальник
главнокомандующий
командующий
милитарист
полево́й команди́р
полково́дец
Svenska
krigsherre
Türkçe
komutan
Tiếng Việt
chiến tướng
Examples
“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 they were doomed to lose.”
““I’m not a warlord … I’m a liberator of the people,” he said. That’s the problem: So are they all. More than four million people have died in Congo’s wars since 1998, making it the most lethal conflict since World War II.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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