Herrenvolk
/ˈhɛɹənfoʊk/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
"In their position halfway between the blacks and the white Herrenvolk, they are bound to be unstable, they are petty bourgeois to the core, all of them."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of herrenvolk. alt-of
- 3 a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others wordnet
Example
More examples"In their position halfway between the blacks and the white Herrenvolk, they are bound to be unstable, they are petty bourgeois to the core, all of them."
Etymology
From German Herrenvolk, from Herr (“lord, master, gentleman”) + -en- + Volk (“folk, people”).