Meanings
plural master races
- NazismespeciallyA race of people who are superior to others.
When the Führer says we is the master race We "Heil!" (Bronx cheer), "Heil!" (Bronx cheer) right in the Führer's face.
1942, Oliver Wallace, “Der Fuehrer's Face”Synonyms: herrenvolk, superrace · Antonyms: Untermensch, subhuman
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA race of people who are superior to others.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- GermanHerrenrasse
- Englishmaster race
Calque of German Herrenrasse.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 優秀民族 /优秀民族
- 優秀民族 /优秀民族 (yōuxiùmínzú)race of people
Danish herrefolk
- herrefolkrace of people
Estonian härrasrahvas
- härrasrahvasrace of people
Finnish herrarotu, herrakansa
- herraroturace of people
- herrakansarace of people
French race supérieure
- race supérieurerace of people
German Herrenrasse, Herrenvolk
- Herrenrasserace of people
- Herrenvolkrace of people
Italian razza superiore
- razza superiorerace of people
Persian نژاد برتر
- نژاد برتر (nežâd-e bartar)race of people
Polish rasa panów
- rasa panówrace of people
Portuguese raça superior
- raça superiorrace of people
Russian ра́са госпо́д
- ра́са госпо́д (rása gospód)race of people
Spanish raza superior
- raza superiorrace of people
Swedish härskarras
- härskarrasrace of people
Thai ชนชาติปกครอง
- ชนชาติปกครองrace of people
Vietnamese chủng tộc thượng đẳng
- chủng tộc thượng đẳngrace of people
Cite this entry
master race. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/master%20race
“master race.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/master%20race. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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