Rädelsführer

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German

Etymology

Cognate with Bavarian Rädel (“small circle of persons, ranks, dancing-song”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Rädelsführer m (genitive Rädelsführers, plural Rädelsführer)

  1. (person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang) ringleader

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Rädelsführer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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