GAULEITER


Meaning of GAULEITER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgau̇-ˌlī-tər ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.