führer
noun
füh·rer ˈfyu̇r-ər 
ˈfir-
ˈfir- variants or fuehrer
: leader sense 2
especially : tyrant
Synonyms
- caesar
- despot
- dictator
- oppressor
- pharaoh
- strongman
- tyrannizer
- tyrant
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Example Sentences
a nation that has suffered under the yoke of one führer after another, never knowing the freedoms of a democracy
Recent Examples on the Web Hermann Goering, Hitler’s air force chief and deputy fuhrer, was, says the judge, highly intelligent. 
San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2021 Yorki is Jojo's best friend and, outside the imaginary fuhrer, his closest confidant. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2019 In 1933, deputy fuhrer Rudolf Hess ordered Heinz Spanknobel, a German immigrant, to form Friends of New Germany, a group based in NYC, with the goal of spreading National Socialism throughout the United States. Matt Giles, Longreads, 13 Aug. 2017
San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2021 Yorki is Jojo's best friend and, outside the imaginary fuhrer, his closest confidant. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2019 In 1933, deputy fuhrer Rudolf Hess ordered Heinz Spanknobel, a German immigrant, to form Friends of New Germany, a group based in NYC, with the goal of spreading National Socialism throughout the United States. Matt Giles, Longreads, 13 Aug. 2017 Word History
Etymology
German (der) Führer, literally, the leader (title assumed by Adolf Hitler), from Middle High German vüerer, from vüeren to lead, bear, from Old High German fuoren to lead; akin to Old English faran to go — more at fare
First Known Use
1934, in the meaning defined above
führer
noun
variants or fuehrer
as in dictator
a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way a nation that has suffered under the yoke of one führer after another, never knowing the freedoms of a democracy Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dictator
- tyrant
- warlord
- despot
- pharaoh
- strongman
- caesar
- overlord
- overlord
- oppressor
- ruler
- autocrat
- authoritarian
- totalitarian
- caudillo
- man on horseback
- leader
- potentate
- autarch
- boss
- king
- paramount
- prince
- czar
- baron
- chief
- tyrannizer
- mogul
- sovereign
- dominator
- lord
- tycoon
- monarch
- martinet
- kingpin
- queen
- master
- tzar
- magnate
- tsar
- monocrat
- taskmaster
- captain
- disciplinarian
- enforcer
- sovran
- discipliner
- Big Brother