Etymology

tuchun

tu·chun
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Today it means: A Chinese military governor or warlord. Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.