tuchunn.

/ˈduːdʒuːn/

/ˈtuːtʃuːn/

Forms: Also Tuchun, Tu Chün.

Etymology: < Chinese dūjūn, < dū govern + jūn military.

Historical.

In China at the time of the Three Kingdoms: the title of a military leader; (later, in the early years of the Republic of China) the highest military leader in a province; a warlord.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces

praetor?a1439

aga1542

emir1542

imperator1590

crownerc1600

ban1614

sardar1615

duke1652

dey1656

hetman1710

stratopedarch1788

commandant1791

tuchun1917

war-lord1922

myriarch1949

1917 S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 213/2 During the disturbances of the last few years it has frequently happened that the post of Governor has been combined with that of ‘Tu Chün’..or Military Governor. This latter is the principal military official of the province.

1920 19th Cent. Dec. 942 Nowadays, a tuchun or military governor,..will address the foreigner in a patchwork of stilted literary phrases jumbled together.

1943 J. T. Pratt War & Politics in China xii. 194 After the death of Yuan Shih Kai China for several years presented a sorry spectacle of politicians quarrelling and Tuchuns waging civil war.

1977 J. Cleary High Road to China i. 15 He was a Confucian, but he had a more immediate master, the tuchun, the war lord, in Hunan.

Derivatives

tu-chunate n. the rule of tuchuns, the office of tuchun.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces > office or status of

hetmanate1879

hetmanship1881

Sirdarship1898

warlordship1913

tu-chunate1923

1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Aug. 558/1 At present the Tuchuns control their respective armies and are giving endless trouble. It would not, however, be sufficient to abolish the Tuchunate. A national army is necessary.

tuchunism n. a system of military control under a tuchun.

ΚΠ

1927 Observer 18 Sept. 16/6 The popular movement has been swallowed up by ‘Tuchunism’ and militarist cupidity.

tuchunize v. transitive to subordinate to tuchunism.

ΚΠ

1927 Observer 7 Aug. 11 Wuhan (Hankow) has been as completely ‘Tuchunised’ as Nanking.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tuchun
释义	tuchunn. /ˈduːdʒuːn//ˈtuːtʃuːn/ Forms: Also Tuchun, Tu Chün. Etymology: < Chinese dūjūn, < dū govern + jūn military. Historical. In China at the time of the Three Kingdoms: the title of a military leader; (later, in the early years of the Republic of China) the highest military leader in a province; a warlord. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces praetor?a1439 aga1542 emir1542 imperator1590 crownerc1600 ban1614 sardar1615 duke1652 dey1656 hetman1710 stratopedarch1788 commandant1791 tuchun1917 war-lord1922 myriarch1949 1917 S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 213/2 During the disturbances of the last few years it has frequently happened that the post of Governor has been combined with that of ‘Tu Chün’..or Military Governor. This latter is the principal military official of the province. 1920 19th Cent. Dec. 942 Nowadays, a tuchun or military governor,..will address the foreigner in a patchwork of stilted literary phrases jumbled together. 1943 J. T. Pratt War & Politics in China xii. 194 After the death of Yuan Shih Kai China for several years presented a sorry spectacle of politicians quarrelling and Tuchuns waging civil war. 1977 J. Cleary High Road to China i. 15 He was a Confucian, but he had a more immediate master, the tuchun, the war lord, in Hunan. Derivatives tu-chunate n. the rule of tuchuns, the office of tuchun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of specific forces > office or status of hetmanate1879 hetmanship1881 Sirdarship1898 warlordship1913 tu-chunate1923 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Aug. 558/1 At present the Tuchuns control their respective armies and are giving endless trouble. It would not, however, be sufficient to abolish the Tuchunate. A national army is necessary. tuchunism n. a system of military control under a tuchun. ΚΠ 1927 Observer 18 Sept. 16/6 The popular movement has been swallowed up by ‘Tuchunism’ and militarist cupidity. tuchunize v. transitive to subordinate to tuchunism. ΚΠ 1927 Observer 7 Aug. 11 Wuhan (Hankow) has been as completely ‘Tuchunised’ as Nanking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1917
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