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gauleiter

/ˈɡaʊ(ˌ)laɪtəɹ/

gauleiter noun: an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party (after 1933 increasingly adopting state functions).

Noun

gauleiter (plural gauleiters)

  1. (historical) An official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party (after 1933 increasingly adopting state functions).
  2. Any overbearing or unpleasant official, especially a local official.
    • Five minutes later, Martland and his gauleiters canter in and whisk poor Hockbottle off to the Cottage Hospital of evil fame.1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 30

Forms of gauleiter

pluralgauleiters

Origin of gauleiter

Borrowed from German Gauleiter, from Gau (“administrative division”) + Leiter (“leader”).

Questions about gauleiter

What does gauleiter mean?
Gauleiter means an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party (after 1933 increasingly adopting state functions).
What part of speech is gauleiter?
Gauleiter is a noun.
How do you pronounce gauleiter?
Gauleiter is pronounced /ˈɡaʊ(ˌ)laɪtəɹ/.
What is the plural of gauleiter?
The plural of gauleiter is gauleiters.

Words near gauleiter in the dictionary

  1. Gaul.
  2. Gaulden
  3. Gauldens
  4. Gauldin
  5. Gauldins
  6. gauleiter
  7. gauleiters
  8. Gauley
  9. Gaulic
  10. Gaulick
  11. Gaulin

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