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master race en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of German Herrenrasse.

Meanings

  1. (Nazism, especially) A race of people who are superior to others.
    • When the Führer says we is the master race We "Heil!" (Bronx cheer), "Heil!" (Bronx cheer) right in the Führer's face. 1942, Oliver Wallace, “Der Fuehrer's Face”:

Forms

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master races Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

subhuman · Untermensch

Descendants

mestrecorrida

Synonyms

herrenvolk · superrace

Translations (17)

it razza superiore (race of people) · fi herrarotu (race of people) · pl rasa panów (race of people) · es raza superior (race of people) · sv härskarras (race of people) · cmn 優秀民族 /优秀民族 (race of people) · vi chủng tộc thượng đẳng (race of people) · fi herrakansa (race of people) · da herrefolk (race of people) · de Herrenvolk (race of people) · fr race supérieure (race of people) · pt raça superior (race of people) · de Herrenrasse (race of people) · ru ра́са госпо́д (race of people) · th ชนชาติปกครอง (race of people) · fa نژاد برتر (race of people) · et härrasrahvas (race of people)