gauleiter

gauleiter

See also: Gauleiter

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʊlaɪtə/

Noun

gauleiter (plural gauleiters)

1. (historical) An official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany.
2. Any overbearing or unpleasant official, especially a local official.
   • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001), page 30:

     Five minutes later, Martland and his gauleiters canter in and whisk poor Hockbottle off to the Cottage Hospital of evil fame.

Translations

an official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany

French: gauleiter (fr) m German: Gauleiter (de) m

Portuguese: gauleiter m, Gauleiter m Russian: гауля́йтер (ru) m (gauljájtɛr)

an overbearing official

Russian: гауля́йтер (ru) m (gauljájtɛr)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Gauleiter

Noun

gauleiter m (plural gauleiters or gauleiter)

1. (historical) gauleiter (official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany)