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füh·rer

also fueh·rer (fyo͝or′ər)

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- in Indo-European roots.]

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Führer

(ˈfyːrər; English ˈfjʊərə) or

Fuehrer

a leader: applied esp to Adolf Hitler (der Führer) while he was Chancellor

[German, from führen to lead]

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Füh•rer

or Fueh•rer

(ˈfü rər: Eng. ˈfyʊər ər)

n. German.

1. leader.

2. der Führer (de r), the leader: title of Adolf Hitler.

führer

A German word for leader, often used to mean a tyrant.

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führer

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An absolute ruler, especially one who is harsh and oppressive:

Big Brother, despot, dictator, man on horseback, oppressor, strongman, totalitarian, tyrant.

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As to my friend Hermann, he might have been a consummate master of the honourable craft, but he was called officially Schiff fuhrer, and had the simple, heavy appearance of a well-to-do farmer, combined with the good-natured shrewdness of a small shopkeeper.

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Gushing about seeing her Fuhrer in the Osteria, and how he passed only inches from her table, with his dog whip, think of that ...

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The pair had enjoyed an "intimate and friendly relationship" as Bauer flew the Fuhrer around Europe.

Hitler's final words to pal in his bunker

Modi Saab's name will therefore have to be Monsieur Mon Dieu and Amran Khan's name will now have to be Fuhrer Eichman Kahn.

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SCOTLAND'S oldest football club have been caught up in a Nazi row after their captain wore an armband with "Fuhrer" on it.

reich mess; Captain of Queen's Park wears 'fuhrer' armband

I want to say we had over 150 community engagement events of all different sizes, said Josh Fuhrer, executive director of the Gresham Redevelopment Commission the city's urban renewal agency.

A blend of public and private financing brings project to life

The students in Sue Fuhrer's American Government class got the gifts during their elections unit, which comes less than two weeks before the March 20 primary.

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The 'white' words, as I said, elevate the Fuhrer into ecstasy.

ADOLPH HITLER AND WORDS

30 at the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce's economic forum at the Holiday Inn in Concord, Jeffrey Fuhrer, executive vice president of the Fed Reserve Bank in Boston, said he anticipates a "modest" interest rate in December, but he added it's unlikely that there will be drastic interest rate hikes on the horizon.

Fed exec sees 'modest' interest hike in December: at Concord forum, Jeffrey Fuhrer voices concerns over productivity declines with economy in a 'new normal'

While Hitler favoured high intravenous doses of vitamins and glucose from 1936, by the time Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 the Fuhrer had turned to "steroids and hormone products like liver extracts of pigs, stuff like that, pretty unsavoury things got into his veins", Ohler told BBC Radio 4's Today program.

New Book Reveals Adolf Hitler Drug Addiction

As Allied bombs rained down on German cities, the Fuhrer drew up plans for the biggest gun the world has ever seen: the V-3 Supergun.