Führer.
guide (person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.)
Meaning & usage
guide (person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.)
guidebook (text which provides information about a topic)
leader (someone who is ahead of others)
Marktführer
leader (someone who determines the actions of a group)
director, manager, commander (person in charge of something or someone)
Geschäftsführer
Zugführer
driver, pilot (someone who operates a vehicle of some sort)
Führerschein
fugue theme (melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue)
Führer (Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany)
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German füerære, vüerære, füerer, vüerer, from Old High German fôrari, equivalent to führen (“to lead”) + -er. Cognate with Yiddish פֿירער (firer), Cimbrian büurar, Swedish förare. In the historical sense probably a calque of Italian Duce.
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