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Hitler|ˈhɪtlɛ(r)| [Name of Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), chancellor of the German Reich and leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party in Germany.] One who embodies the characteristics of Hitler; a dictatorial person. Also used in the possessive to designate the war of 1939–45; also attrib. and Comb.
1930Times 27 Sept 10/1 The action of the Court was hailed in the Hitler camp as a great tactical success. 1931Wyndham Lewis Hitler i. i. 8 The Hitler Movement..received so much advertisement in the English Press. 1932Times 26 Mar. 9/5 General Groener has forbidden a rally of the Hitler Youth. 1934E. Waugh in Ninety-Two Days ii. 49 He was comic; huge feet and hands, huge mouth, and an absurd little Hitler moustache. 1934J. Spenser Limey breaks In v. 82 Sparkes wanted to be the Hitler of that kitchen. 1935Economist 29 June 1478/1 Refusing to give the Hitler salute in his lecture-room. 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxiv. 257 The Hitlers and Mussolinis of the picture world. 1937Ann. Reg. 1936 ii. 184 Membership of the Hitler Youth Movement became compulsory for all the young people of the country. 1939War Illustr. 14 Oct. 138/3 Millions of leaflets warning the German people of the deadly consequences of ‘Hitler's war’ if it were prolonged. 1940Ibid. 5 Jan. 574/3 This has been given public expression by Dr. Robert Ley..addressing the Hitler Youth. 1940M. P. Price (title) Hitler's war and eastern Europe. 1962J. Mayo Season of Nerves iv. 12 A tiny chin and a sandy Hitler moustache. 1963N. Freeling Because of Cats vii. 108 The building..looks like nothing more than a Hitler-bunker. 1966Economist 15 Oct. p. xii/1 The brief crop of ‘Hitler babies’, born in the 1930s..would soon be reaching working age—and the prospect was alarming. So Hitleˈresque, Hitlerian |-ˈlɪər-|, ˈHitlerish adjs., of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or (somewhat) resembling Hitler; Hitleriˈana, objects, etc., owned by or connected with Hitler; ˈHitlerism, the political principles or policy of the Nazi party in Germany; ˈHitlerist, ˈHitlerite, a follower of Hitler; also (both words) attrib. or as adj.; Hitleˈristic a.; ˈHitlerize v., to make subject to Hitler, to make Hitlerite.
1930Times 26 Sept. 13/2 These Hitlerite outbursts may disturb German Liberals and Socialists. Ibid. 27 Sept. 11/3 The most effective antidote to Hitlerism. 1930New Statesman 1 Nov. 106/1 One may magnify or minimise the role of the Hitlerites, but [etc.]. 1931Wyndham Lewis Hitler 4 An exponent..of German National Socialism, or Hitlerism. Ibid. 32 The militant nationalism of the Hitlerist. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 296/2 Hitlerite anti-Semitism. 1933Business Week 24 May 23/1 (heading) Hitlerizing industry. 1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 113 Dislike and fear of Hitlerian Germany. 1935N. Marsh Enter Murderer iv. 55 Sorry to be a bit Hitlerish, but it'll save time. 1940Ann. Reg. 1939 90 The cause they had undertaken till Hitlerism had been destroyed and a liberated Europe re-established. 1941Common Sense (N.Y.) Jan. 30/1 For the Hitleristic reason of grabbing everything in sight. 1943Times 27 Apr. 5/3 The inherent instability of its Hitlerized Europe publicly exposed by the defection of one of the members. 1944J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. xii. 131 In a totalitarian, Hitlerian way, or in a democratic, co-operative way. 1944G. B. Shaw Everybody's Political What's What? xlii. 352 Political ignorance and idolatry will produce not only Hitleresque dictatorships but stampedes led by liars or lunatics. 1960News Chron. 9 June 1/2 Mass crimes committed by Hitlerite agents. 1966New Statesman 17 June 874/3 The collection of Hitleriana is small but fascinating. 1969Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 14 Feb. 12/3 The German ethos that produced Hitlerism. 1973Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 18 Both men and women could be..detained indefinitely, without charge and without trial, during the Hitlerian war. |