noun
- a Chinese military governor or warlord, especially during the early 20th century
Usage: historical
Examples
- The tuchun controlled vast territories in northern China.
- Local tuchuns often fought against each other for power.
- The central government struggled to control the various tuchuns.
- Each tuchun maintained his own private army.
- The tuchun system weakened China’s political unity.
- Foreign powers sometimes supported different tuchuns.