gauleiter

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɡaʊˌlaɪtə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(gou′lī′tər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
gau•lei•ter  (gou′lī′tər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Governmentthe leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
  • German, equivalent. to Gau region + Leiter director
  • 1935–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Gauleiter /ˈɡaʊˌlaɪtə/ n
  1. a provincial governor in Germany under Hitler
  2. (sometimes not capital) informal a person in a position of petty or local authority who behaves in an overbearing authoritarian manner
Etymology: from German, from Gau district + Leiter leader

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