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Füh⋅rer

  [fy-ruhr; Eng. fyoor-er]
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–noun German.
1. leader.
2. der Führer [der] , the leader: title of Adolf Hitler.
Also, Fuehrer.

Origin:
1930–35
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füh·rer also fueh·rer   (fyŏŏr'ər)   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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