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gauleiters

gauleiters is the plural of gauleiter.

Meaning of gauleiter

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

Questions about gauleiters

What is gauleiters the plural of?
Gauleiters is the plural of gauleiter.

Words near gauleiters in the dictionary

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

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