Führer
nounUK /ˈf(j)ʊə.ɹə/ · US /ˈfjʊɹ.ɚ/
Etymology Unadapted borrowing from German Führer, modelled after Italian Duce. Doublet of farer.
1
Nazism, Definite, Historical Adolf Hitler, during his time as chancellor of Nazi Germany.
- When the Führer says we is the master race We "Heil!" (Bronx cheer), "Heil!" (Bronx cheer) right in the Führer's face.1942, Oliver Wallace, “Der Fuehrer's Face”:
2
Broadly A leader, especially one exercising tyrannical power.
- Derived terms
- nanofuhrer, Narcofuhrer
- Related terms
- Il Duce