warlords

noun

Definition of warlordsnext
plural of warlord
as in overlords

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  1. rulers
  2. princes
  3. leaders
  4. autocrats
  5. kingpins
Noun
  • In March of this year, V doubled his number of rulers on the downloads tally.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Only one track is beating all three of those 18-week rulers.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of rulers
Noun
  • The cohort will be honored at a virtual ceremony on Thursday, with the princes issuing separate congratulatory messages.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • If this is how princes of the church behave, perhaps the rest of us aren’t so bad after all.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of princes
Noun
  • For your short film, Navid’s story as a famous wrestler standing up for change was globally famous, with calls from world leaders asking for his release from prison.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • His unjust treatment for speaking up against the stringent Iranian regime sparked global outrage from world organizations and leaders.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of leaders
Noun
  • Once shunned by his fellow Arab autocrats, Bashar al-Assad was gradually regaining the dubious respectability Arab regimes afford one another.
    Ben Wedeman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Abortion bans can doom autocrats.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Definition of autocrats
Noun
  • Prior to Gutierrez-Ochoa there has been a long history of Mexican kingpins faking death to avoid capture, with El Mencho himself rumored killed on several occasions.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But, the movie suggests, he was perceived nonetheless—while sitting alone after a disastrous date—by one of the club’s most prominent members, Roy Cohn, who invites the clumsy young striver to his festive table and introduces him to two Mafia kingpins who are also seated there.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of kingpins
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