fuhrer

füh·rer

also fueh·rer

noun

A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant.

Origin of fuhrer

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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Noun

(plural Führers or Führer)

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

Origin

Borrowing from German Führer

See also: fuhrer

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Sentence Examples

See Woerl, Fuhrer durch Sigmaringen (Warzburg,1886).
See Schafer, Fuhrer durch Schandau and seine Umgebung (Dresden, 1907).
See Lindau, Geschichte der Hauptand Residenzstadt Dresden (2 vols., Dresden, 1884-1885); Prblss, Geschichte des Hoftheaters in Dresden (Dresden, 1877); Schumann, Fuhrer durch die konigl.
Eine Inselstudie (Stuttgart, 1893); Edwin Muller, Die Insel Rugen (17th ed., Berlin, 1900); Schuster, Fuhrer durch die Insel Rugen (7th ed., Stettin, 1901); Boll, Die Insel Rugen (Schwerin, 1858); O.
See Rabe, Die Luneburger Heide and die Bewirthschaftung der Heidhofe (Jena, 1900); Kniep, Fuhrer durch die Luneburger Heide (Hanover, 1900); Linde, Die Luneburger Heide (Luneburg, 1905), and Kuck, Das alte Bauernleben der Luneburger Heide (Leipzig, 1906).

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