[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

warlord
     n : supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region
         especially one accountable to nobody when the central
         government is weak

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 moby thesaurus words for "warlord":
   simon legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler,
   arrogator, autarch, autocrat, caesar, commissar, czar, despot,
   dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet,
   oligarch, oppressor, pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, tyrant,
   usurper

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