Thesaurus results for CAUDILLO

caudillo

noun

Definition of caudillo

as in warlord

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Recent Examples of caudillo Maduro’s arrest is being compared to the 1989 invasion of Panama and rendition of its caudillo, Manuel Noriega, to Miami to be convicted of drug trafficking and other crimes. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026 Hatuey, the Taíno chief who fought the Spanish conquistadores and is known as the Americas’ earliest revolutionary, was a caudillo. — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025 Instead of building strong political parties with coherent platforms, the country ended up with rival caudillos— Sandinista on the left and anti-Sandinista on the right. — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025 Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon. — Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for caudillo

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Noun

For weeks, a meme has circulated of Mbappé as a warlord, dictating his teammates’ roles.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
Abdiqassim Salad Hassan meets with warlord Hussein Mohamed Aidid in Surt, Libya, to discuss reconciliation.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026

Definition of warlord

Noun

Jason Kilar, the corporate overlord of Warners at the time, exploded the company’s goodwill with talent and agents in every corner of the business by forcing the studio’s titles to stream day and date.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 July 2026
The show is scheduled to end Sunday and hit the road for a European tour, beginning with a star turn in the September opening of the glitzy new Faro Santander museum in Spain, Mexico’s onetime colonial overlord.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of overlord

Noun

But, ten years later, his embrace of near-totalitarian control bears the deep imprint of his most personal beliefs about force, weakness, faith, and order.

— Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022
Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.

— Letters to the Editor, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2020

Definition of totalitarian

Noun

With 775 rooms, the palace also provides office space for the royal bureaucracy and hosts lavish state dinners for visiting presidents and potentates.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 June 2026
With 775 rooms, the palace also provides office space for the royal bureaucracy and hosts lavish state dinners for visiting presidents and potentates.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of potentate

Noun

Yet this year so far has been a dicey one for the Russian authoritarian.

— Daniel DePetris, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
If calling a politician an aspiring authoritarian is tantamount to inciting their murder, then doing so is irresponsible even if the charge is true.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of authoritarian

Noun

Typically reserved for autocrats and crime bosses, sanctions can be devastating.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Trump will also meet with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former insurgent who led the offensive that unseated autocrat Bashar Assad in December 2024.

— Seung Min Kim, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

Definition of autocrat

Noun

The third ruler of the 12th dynasty who reigned during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom, little is known about Amenemhat II other than his death around 1895 BCE.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, the ruler of Ithaca who leaves behind his wife, Penelope (Anne Hathaway, in another round with Nolan), and son, Telemachus (Tom Holland), to fight in the Trojan War.

— Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Definition of ruler

Noun

His former bosses, Matt LaFleur and Sean McVay, tend to fill H-back roles with non-traditional fullbacks.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 24 July 2026
James Goldston, the veteran doc producer and Candle True Stories boss, this week reflected on making two documentaries about the late Michael Jackson.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 July 2026

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