gauleiters
/ˈɡaʊlaɪtərz/
noun
- Plural of gauleiter; people who exercise autocratic or overbearing authority, especially in local or regional contexts.
- The company was run by a group of gauleiters who tolerated no dissent.
- The town's gauleiters controlled every community event with an iron fist.
- Local gauleiters in the organization made all the decisions without consulting anyone.
- Plural of gauleiter; Nazi party officials who headed regional districts during the Third Reich.
- The gauleiters reported directly to Hitler and carried out his orders.
- Many gauleiters were tried for war crimes after the war.
- The conference was attended by all the gauleiters from across Germany.