Rädelsführer

German

Etymology

Cognate with Bavarian Rädel (“small circle of persons, ranks, dancing-song”).[1]

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Noun

Rädelsführer m (genitive Rädelsführers, plural Rädelsführer)

  1. (person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang) ringleader

References
  1. Rädelsführer in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

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