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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
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Recent Examples of führer
Well, that’s right, and also, of course, the führer did declare war on Germany at the end, in the very last days in 1945.
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David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Adolf and Eva refer to Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, and at one point, McCarthy took me into the main nave of the studio and showed me a sculpture of the führer, set to be installed at the Journal Gallery show.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
Daalder was alluding to Britain’s early World War II prime minister who was widely criticized for appeasing Hitler as the German fuhrer marched across Europe.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Overseas, Adolf Hitler was the fuhrer of Germany, and his persecution of Jews became even more apparent after Kristallnacht, in November 1938, when the Nazi regime went on an antisemitic rampage.
—Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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
David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Adolf and Eva refer to Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, and at one point, McCarthy took me into the main nave of the studio and showed me a sculpture of the führer, set to be installed at the Journal Gallery show.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
Daalder was alluding to Britain’s early World War II prime minister who was widely criticized for appeasing Hitler as the German fuhrer marched across Europe.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Overseas, Adolf Hitler was the fuhrer of Germany, and his persecution of Jews became even more apparent after Kristallnacht, in November 1938, when the Nazi regime went on an antisemitic rampage.
—Robert Gudmestad, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for führer
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Russian athletes are routinely asked to answer for the actions of their government, yet athletes from other countries are rarely subjected to the same scrutiny or treated as though they are personally aligned with war criminals or dictators.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Italy’s triumph over Czechoslovakia in the 1934 final which strengthened the regime of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, for example.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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The American origin story is rooted in the notion that George III was its vanquished villain, an irrational tyrant who oppressed the American colonists.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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If anything, the story during the semiquincentennial casts George as more of a whole person than the tyrant depicted in the ad hominem complaints peppered throughout the Declaration of Independence.—
Laurie Kellman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Führer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/f%C3%BChrer. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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