gauleiter

[ gou-lahy-ter ]

noun
  1. the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.

Origin of gauleiter

1
1935–40; <German, equivalent to Gau region + Leiter director

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British Dictionary definitions for Gauleiter

Gauleiter

/ (ˈɡaʊˌlaɪtə) /


noun
  1. a provincial governor in Germany under Hitler

  2. (sometimes not capital) informal a person in a position of petty or local authority who behaves in an overbearing authoritarian manner

Origin of Gauleiter

1
from German, from Gau district + Leiter leader

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