n.
Pronunciation: ' gau ̇ - ˌ l ī -t ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: German, from Gau party district in Nazi Germany + Leiter leader
Date: 1936
1 a : a district leader in Nazi Germany who served as a provincial governor b : a subordinate political official resembling a Nazi gauleiter in function or in autocratic manner
2 : a person with an arrogant overbearing outlook or manner