tuchun

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Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 督軍／督军 (dūjūn, “military governor; warlord”).

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  • IPA(key): /tuːˈt͡ʃʊn/

Noun

tuchun (plural tuchuns or tuchun)

  1. (historical) A Chinese military governor or warlord.
    • 1956, Chien-nung Li, “The Struggle Between the Kuomintang and the Peiyang Military Clique”, in The Political History of China 1840-1928‎[1], D. Van Nostrand Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 301–302:
      He planned to shift the appointment of Ts’ai Ao from Yunnan to the post of tuchün [title of military governor of a province] of Hunan so that Ts’ai Ao, who wished to go home, could superintend affairs in his native province.

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