a race, nation, or group, such as the Germans or Nazis as viewed by Hitler, believed to be superior to other races
German name: Herrenvolk
master race in American English
noun
a race, people, or nation, as the Germans during the Nazi period, whose members considerthemselves superior to all others and therefore justified in conquering and ruling them
Word origin
[1925–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Nazi, decibel, distinctive feature, runout, turnaround
Examples of 'master race' in a sentence
master race
You just got too fond of being the master race among the colonials.
Skelton, Alison Scott AN OLDER WOMAN
We're far from the master race, but we're all right.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Is it immoral to work on embryos in vitro to produce a master race?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I think they've given up on this master race idea, don't you?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Now, let's go upstairs and admire the master race, er bedroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Why are the representatives of the master race always such ugly little geezers?
The Sun (2013)
Those whose ideology was based on the 'master race', considered her untermensch, subhuman.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This huge corrupt operation was the squalid reality of the 'master race'.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In 2001 humanity advances whenever a paternalistic alien master-race deigns to drop off a magic monolith.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
But, in tonight's finale, it's precisely that stupidity that will save the world from a master race determined to make the planet a leaner place.