First Known Use: 1936
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gauleiter
noun gau·lei·ter \ˈgau̇-ˌlī-tər\
Definition of GAULEITER
1
a : a district leader in Nazi Germany who served as a provincial governor b : a subordinate political official resembling a Nazi gauleiter in function or in autocratic manner
2
: a person with an arrogant overbearing outlook or manner
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Origin of GAULEITER
German, from Gau party district in Nazi Germany + Leiter leader
Rhymes with GAULEITER
all-nighter, backbiter, braillewriter, bullfighter, dogfighter, exciter, firefighter, first-nighter, ghostwriter, gunfighter, highlighter, igniter, inciter, inditer, infighter, inviter, lamplighter, moonlighter, nail-biter, one-nighter, prizefighter, reciter, requiter, rewriter, screenwriter, scriptwriter, skywriter, songwriter, speechwriter, sportswriter, states' righter, street fighter, typewriter
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