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Füh·rer

[fy-ruh

r; Eng. fyoor-er] Pronunciation Key

–noun German.

leader.

2.	der Führer [der] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, the leader: title of Adolf Hitler.

Also, Fuehrer.

[Origin: 1930–35

]

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füh·rer also fueh·rer (fyŏŏr'ər) Pronunciation Key
n. A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant.

[German, from Middle High German vüerer, from vüeren, to lead, from Old High German fuoren; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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Führer

1934, from Führer und Reichskanzler, title assumed by Hitler in 1934 as head of German state, from Ger. Führer "leader," from führen "to lead," from M.H.G. vüeren "to lead, drive," from O.H.G. fuoren "to set in motion, lead," causative of O.H.G. faran "to go, travel," which is cognate with O.E. faran (see fare (v.)). Hitler's title was modeled on Mussolini's Duce.

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