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  • noun historical An official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany.
  • noun Any overbearing or unpleasant official, especially a local official.

Etymologies

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From German Gauleiter, from Gau ‘administrative division’ + Leiter ‘leader’.

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  • "Kerans shrugged, smiling at her amiably. 'I missed you.'

    'Good boy. I thought perhaps that the gauleiter here had been trying to frighten you with his horror stories.'"

    The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard, p 37 of the 50th anniversary edition

    September 3, 2012