Etymology

gauleiter

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Today it means: An official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party (after 1933 increasingly adopting state functions). Full definition →

German Gauleiter
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  1. German · borrowed fromGauleiter
  2. English todaygauleiter

Borrowed from German Gauleiter, from Gau (“administrative division”) + Leiter (“leader”).

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