Hitler

[ hit-ler ]

/ ˈhɪt lər /

noun

Ad·olf

[ad-olf, ey-dolf; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf, ˈeɪ dɒlf; German ˈɑ dɔlf/, Adolf Schicklgruberder Führer, 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.

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pro-Hit·ler, adjective

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His harrowing escape from Vienna when Hitler took Austria in March 1938 is dramatically chronicled in his memoirs.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler|John Henry Crosby|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The risk to his life was great enough that he had to flee Munich when Hitler attempted to seize power in November 1923.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler|John Henry Crosby|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Hitler became chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933, Hildebrand was confronted with a choice: Would he remain in Nazi Germany?
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler|John Henry Crosby|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By the end of February, as Hitler consolidated his power, his decision was made: He would not—indeed, could not—remain.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler|John Henry Crosby|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Nazi t-shirts are also very popular in Thailand, which is one step away from staging a revival of Springtime For Hitler.
Hitler is Huge in Thailand: Chicken Joints, T-Shirts, and A Govt.-Issued Propaganda Video|Marlow Stern|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"No, I don't know if Hitler's that crazy, or not," he continued after a moment.
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F|R. Sidney Bowen
Every liberty erased by Hitler was an economic attack on us, it made slave labor a more effective competitor to our free labor.
Proclaim Liberty!|Gilbert Seldes
Yet after what he'd seen this day he was filled with a burning desire to do something to help beat back Hitler and defeat him.
Dave Dawson at Dunkirk|Robert Sydney Bowen
The world is too small to provide adequate "living room" for both Hitler and God.
State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt
We know their choice of the method: the method of Hitler himself.
State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for hitler

Hitler

/ (ˈhɪtlə) /

noun

Adolf. (ˈaːdɔlf). Grandmother's maiden name and father's original surname Schicklgrüber . 1889–1945, German dictator, born in Austria. After becoming president of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi party), he attempted to overthrow the government of Bavaria (1923). While in prison he wrote Mein Kampf, expressing his philosophy of the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of the Jews. He was appointed chancellor of Germany (1933), transforming it from a democratic republic into the totalitarian Third Reich, of which he became Führer in 1934. He established concentration camps to exterminate the Jews, rearmed the Rhineland (1936), annexed Austria (1938) and Czechoslovakia, and invaded Poland (1939), which precipitated World War II. He committed suicide

a person who displays dictatorial characteristics

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