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English
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 督軍／督军 (dūjūn, “military governor; warlord”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tuchun (plural tuchuns or tuchun)
- (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, 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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Translations
Chinese military governor
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 督軍／督军 (zh) (dūjūn)
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