A German word meaning 'leader,' most infamously used as the title of Adolf Hitler during Nazi Germany; now primarily appears in historical contexts.
From German 'Führer,' derived from the verb 'führen' (to lead). The word itself is neutral and means leader in any context, but became historically tainted through its association with Hitler's totalitarian regime.
One of history's most important reminders about how language gets poisoned by its context—'Führer' was just a normal German word for leader, but one person's use of it as a title corrupted its meaning forever. It's similar to how certain symbols or gestures lose neutral meaning when misused by evil.
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