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Origin and history of Hitler

Hitler

after Adolf Hitler (1889-1945.) Adjectival use meaning "by Hitler; in support of Hitler" by 1923; used figuratively for "a dictator" from 1934. The surname is a variant on Hiedler, an Austrian dialectal word said to mean "smallholder" (Stephen Graham, "Faces of Fascism.")

The phrase Heil Hitler, a compulsory salute in Germany under Hitler's rule, is attested in English language reports of life in 1930s Germany. H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, and from the phrase is derived the code 88 or Acht und Acht, attested by 1946 as a device for showing support of Nazism.

also from 1923

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Fuhrer
1934, from Führer und Reichskanzler, title assumed by Hitler in 1934 as head of the German state, from German Führer "leader...[Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf," 1933]...
mens sana in corpore sano
Hitler was the archetype of the abstemious man....
head
Phrase heads will roll "people will be punished" (1930) translates Adolf Hitler....
cause
c. 1200, "reason or motive for a decision, grounds for action; motive," from Old French cause "cause, reason; lawsuit, case in law" (12c.), and directly from Latin causa "a cause; a reason; interest; judicial process, lawsuit," which is of unknown origin. From mid-14c. as "cause
contentment
mid-15c., contentement, "satisfactory payment" (of a debt; a sense now obsolete), from Old French contentment, from contenter (see content (v.)). Meaning "That happiness which consists in being satisfied with present conditions" is from 1590s. Contentment is passive; satisfactio
abortion
1540s, "the expulsion of the fetus before it is viable," originally of deliberate as well as unintended miscarriages; from Latin abortionem (nominative abortio) "miscarriage; abortion, procuring of an untimely birth," noun of action from past-participle stem of aboriri "to miscar
resolution
late 14c., resolucioun, "a breaking or reducing into parts; process of breaking up, dissolution," from Old French resolution (14c.) and directly from Latin resolutionem (nominative resolutio) "process of reducing things into simpler forms," noun of action from past-participle ste
sedition
mid-14c., sedicioun, "rebellion, uprising, revolt, factitious commotion in the state; concerted attempt to overthrow civil authority; violent strife between factions, civil or religious disorder, riot; rebelliousness against authority," from Old French sedicion (14c., Modern Fren
firmament
mid-13c., "expanse of space above the earth where the heavenly bodies move," hence "the arch or vault of the heavens, the visible sky" (c. 1300), from Old French firmament or directly from Latin firmamentum "firmament," literally "a support, a strengthening," from firmus "strong,
Africa
Latin Africa (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory, the province of Africa; Africa as a continent," fem. of adjective Africus, from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally was used only in reference to the region around modern T

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