Anführer

Definitions of Anführer
  1. noun
    a person who rules or guides or inspires others
    synonyms: Anführerin, Führer, Führerin
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    antonyms:
    Jünger, Jüngerin
    a person who accepts the leadership of another
    examples:
    viel von einer Menge
    English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
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    Adelige, Adeliger, Adlige, Adliger
    a member of the aristocracy
    Arbeitgeber, Arbeitgeberin
    a person or firm that employs workers
    Vater
    a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
    Fremdenführer, Fremdenführerin, Reiseleiter, Reiseleiterin
    someone who shows the way by leading or advising
    Haupt, Kopf, Leiter, Leiterin
    a person who is in charge
    Häuptling
    the head of a tribe or clan
    Vorbild
    someone worthy of imitation
    Politiker, Politikerin
    a person active in party politics
    Vorgesetzter
    one of greater rank or station or quality
    Führungskraft
    someone who manages a government agency or department
    Entscheidungsträger, entscheidungstragender Zusammenschluss
    someone who administers a business
    Geistlicher, Kirchenamtsinhaber
    a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
    Demagoge, Demagogin, Hetzer, Hetzerin
    a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
    Abteilungsleiter, Abteilungsleiterin, Dezernent, Dezernentin
    the head of a department
    Gouverneur, Gouverneurin
    the head of a state government
    Familienhaupt, Familienoberhaupt
    the head of a household or family or tribe
    Meister, Meisterin
    directs the work of others
    Bürgermeister, Bürgermeisterin
    the head of a city government
    Papst
    the head of the Roman Catholic Church
    Generaldirektor, Generaldirektorin, Vorsitzende, Vorsitzender, Vorstand, Vorsteher, Vorsteherin
    the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
    Sozialist, Sozialistin
    a political advocate of socialism
    type of:
    Individuum, Mensch, Person, Persönlichkeit
    a human being
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