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Führer

[ fy-ruhr; English fyoor-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, German.

Führer

/ ˈfjʊərə; ˈfyːrər /

Origin of Führer¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Origin of Führer¹

German, from führen to lead

She already held reservations about attending the Nazi-run Games, and an introduction to the Führer was a compromise too far.

Prussian militarism was unlovely, to be sure, but the Kaiser was no Führer.

In spite of his mother's warnings, he scribbles: "Winston's taking pains to batter out the Führer's brains."

Next to a picture that showed Hitler as the grim leader of a ghostly army, he wrote that the "Führer" was actually a pacifist.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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