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warlord

noun

Definition of warlordnext
as in overlord

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Recent Examples of warlord Abdiqassim Salad Hassan meets with warlord Hussein Mohamed Aidid in Surt, Libya, to discuss reconciliation. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026 In the movie, Furiosa is taken from her idyllic home by bandits and grows up shuttled between psychopath Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and warlord Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme). — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 While former Imperial warlords drift about, trying to amass power, the New Republic sends out the Mandalorian to haul them back to headquarters to snitch on their comrades. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026 In turn, the twins will provide crucial information on the whereabouts of an elusive Empire warlord named Coin. — ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for warlord
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warlord
  1. overlord
  2. caudillo
  3. ruler
  4. boss
  5. potentate
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
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  • 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
Definition of caudillo
Noun
  • House of the Dragon, meanwhile, specified that the prophecy was about a Targaryen ruler who would unite Westeros against a coming darkness from the far north.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • After crash landing on the dark world directly onto the homing beacon, EO and his crazy crew are apprehended by a gang of warrior henchmen and hauled into the throne room to face the wicked alien ruler who is imprisoned in anger and hate.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of ruler
Noun
  • Discord reigned in the intensifying debate over AI safety regulation, with tech bosses taking opposing stances and government leaders sharing little common ground.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • As the videos fly by, Alex’s phone suddenly displays a furious message from her boss.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of boss
Noun
  • The main drama involves a rural teen-age tee girl who recognizes the resort’s president as the potentate who evicted her family from their land.
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of potentate

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“Warlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warlord. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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