master race
English edit
Etymology edit
Calque of German Herrenrasse.
Noun edit
master race (plural master races)
- (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:
Translations edit
race of people
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