gauleiter
/ˈɡaʊlaɪtər/
noun
- A person who exercises autocratic or overbearing authority, especially in a local or regional context; a petty tyrant or bossy official.
- Residents complained that the neighborhood association president had become a gauleiter.
- The new office manager acted like a gauleiter, micromanaging every detail.
- He ran the club with the heavy hand of a gauleiter, ignoring members' opinions.
- A Nazi party official who served as the head of a regional district (Gau) in Germany during the Third Reich.
- The gauleiter's speeches were filled with propaganda and threats.
- Documents show that the gauleiter ordered the confiscation of local businesses.
- The historian studied the role of each gauleiter in implementing Nazi policies.