fuehrer
German totalitarian title
Fuehrer is an alternative spelling of führer, the German word for leader.
In English, it refers almost exclusively to Adolf Hitler as dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945: The Fuehrer demanded absolute loyalty.
The spelling without the umlaut appears in older English texts and contexts where special characters are unavailable.
Extended use describes any tyrannical or dictatorial leader. (Also spelled Fuehrer when capitalized, or führer.)
autocrat
Sole wielder of power
fuehrerelected official
Voter-chosen public servant
democrat · president · prime minister · representative · public servant
fuehrerfollower
One who supports another
subject · subordinate · citizen · servant · underling
fuehrerliberator
One who frees others
freedom fighter · Mahatma Gandhi · Winston Churchill · Anne Frank · Oskar Schindler