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Hitler

proper noun

  1. family name
  2. Nazi leader
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhɪtlɚ/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from German Hitler; see German Etymology for further details.

  1. A surname from Austrian German.

    It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany.

  2. A surname from Austrian German.

    The British ruling class are fighting against Hitler, whom they have always regarded and whom some of them still regard as their protector against Bolshevism. That does not mean that they will deliberately sell out; but it does mean that at every decisive moment they are likely to falter, pull their punches, do the wrong thing. Until the Churchill Government called some sort of halt to the process, they have done the wrong thing with an unerring instinct ever since 1931.

    Clearly, Hitler saw his historical function as a Wagnerian grand opera. Vast cosmic changes required an accompaniment of slaughter on a colossal scale.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from German Hitler; see German Etymology for further details.

  1. A dictatorial person; someone who loves to exert their power and influence over others. (often used as a term of abuse)

    A: Don't you think you could try sorting your rubbish instead of tossing everything out together? B: Ok, Hitler.

    How does he support his position against the prima facie case in favor of the strongly counterintuitive claim that non-violence would necessarily defeat a Hitler?