Associations to the word «Warlord»

Wiktionary

WARLORD, noun. A high military officer in a warlike nation.
WARLORD, noun. A local ruler or bandit leader usually where the government is weak.

Dictionary definition

WARLORD, noun. Supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats