master race

Calque of German Herrenrasse.

master race (plural master races)

1. (especially Nazism) A race of people who are superior to others.

   Synonyms: herrenvolk, superrace

   Antonyms: Untermenschen, subhumans

   • 1941 March 22, Konrad Heiden, “Europe Under the “Master Race“”, in The Nation‎^[1], page 334:
   • 1942, Oliver Wallace, “Der Fuehrer's Face”:

     When the Führer says we is the master race
     We "Heil!" (Bronx cheer), "Heil!" (Bronx cheer) right in the Führer's face.

• → Portuguese: mestrecorrida (calque)

• maceraters