master race

English

Etymology

Calque of German Herrenrasse.

Noun

master race (plural master races)

1. (especially Nazism) A race of people who are superior to others.

   Synonyms: herrenvolk, superrace

   Antonyms: Untermenschen, subhumans

   • 1941 March 22, Konrad Heiden, “Europe Under the “Master Race“”, in The Nation‎^[1], page 334:
   • 1942, Oliver Wallace (lyrics and music), “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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優秀民族 / 优秀民族 (zh) (yōuxiùmínzú)

• Danish: herrefolk n
• Estonian: härrasrahvas
• Finnish: herrarotu, herrakansa (fi)
• French: race supérieure f
• German: Herrenrasse (de) f, Herrenvolk (de) n
• Italian: razza superiore f
• Persian: نژاد برتر (nežâd-e bartar)
• Polish: rasa panów f
• Portuguese: raça superior f
• Russian: ра́са госпо́д f (rása gospód)
• Spanish: raza superior f
• Swedish: härskarras c
• Thai: ชนชาติปกครอง

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