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Herrenvolk

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Her·ren·volk  (hrn-fk, -fôlk)
n.
A master race.
[German : Herren, genitive pl. of Herr, master; see Herr + Volk, people, nation; see volkslied.]
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Noun1.Herrenvolk - a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others
master race
race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"


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