Führer

American  

[fy-ruhr, fyoor-er] / ˈfü rər, ˈfyʊər ər /

Also Fuehrer

noun

German.

1. leader.

2. der Führer the leader: title of Adolf Hitler.

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Führer British  

/ ˈfyːrər, ˈfjʊərə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Führer

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Germany this time is personified by a defendant: Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe and second only to the Führer in the military command.

From The Wall Street Journal

This question, central to my book, mostly goes unaddressed in Mr. Simms’s piece, which merely repeats his argument that the Führer’s main concern was the Anglo-American world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Historian Ian Kershaw has written that Hitler had thousands of “little Hitlers,” Gauleiters, district leaders and block wardens throughout the German provinces who were not only happy to do his bidding, but sought to anticipate his will with their own initiatives, a scheme called “working towards the Führer.”

From Salon

Standing in front of the führer, David's narrator has a similar epiphany.

From Salon

But laughing at the Fuhrer is perhaps the cardinal sin when living under fascism—this is no joke.

From Slate