Führer

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See also fuhrer, Fuhrer, and führer

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Borrowing from German Führer

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[edit] Noun

Führer (countable and uncountable; plural Führers or Führer)

  1. A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant
  2. (historical) Adolf Hitler when the chancellor of Nazi Germany

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From Middle High German füerære, vüerære, füerer, vüerer, from Old High German fôrari, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijanan, causative of Proto-Germanic *faranan
Derived from the verb führen (to lead) + -er (agent suffix)

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  • IPA: [ˈfyːʁɐ]

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Führer m. (genitive Führers, plural Führer)

  1. leader, guide
  2. guidebook
  3. conductor, director, manager
  4. chief
  5. driver
    Führerschein.
    A driver's license.
  6. pilot
  7. commander
  8. (music) fugue theme (a melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue)
  9. Führer
    Führer und Reichskanzler — Official title of Adolf Hitler after the merger of the positions of Reichspräsident (President of the German Reich) and Reichskanzler (Chancellor of the German Reich) in 1934.

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