master race
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English
Etymology
Calque of German Herrenrasse.
Noun
master race (plural master races)
- (especially Nazism) A race of people who are superior to others.
- Synonyms: herrenvolk, superrace
- Antonyms: Untermenschen, subhumans
- 1942, Oliver Wallace, “Der Fuehrer's Face”:
- When the Führer says we is the master race
We "Heil!" (Bronx cheer), "Heil!" (Bronx cheer) right in the Führer's face.
Translations
race of people
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