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tuchun

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tu⋅chun

  [doo-jyn]
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–noun Chinese History.
1. the title of a military governor of a province during the period 1916–28.
2. a war lord.
Origin:
1915–20; < Chin (Wade-Giles) tu1 chün1, (pinyin) dūjūn lit., oversee troops
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tu·chun   (tōō'chōōn', dōō'jün')   
n.   pl. tu·chuns or tuchun
A Chinese provincial military governor.

[Chinese (Mandarin) dū jūn : dū, to supervise + jūn, army.]
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