Definitions
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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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Examples
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Does AFA gauleiter Tony Perkins secretly enjoy oral sex?
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Taylor carefully sets the scene of pre-war Nazi Saxony, and devotes several paragraphs to the unpleasing figure of Martin Mutschmann, the party gauleiter.
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In one of his frenzied attack posts, Alanadale, like some gauleiter, insists on quoting (yet again) the 1967 borders issue.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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My reasoning has never been ‘frenzied’ and I would like to know what kind of response I would provoke if I described you or any of your confreres as a ‘gauleiter’.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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In one of his frenzied attack posts, Alanadale, like some gauleiter, insists on quoting (yet again) the 1967 borders issue.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Taylor carefully sets the scene of pre-war Nazi Saxony, and devotes several paragraphs to the unpleasing figure of Martin Mutschmann, the party gauleiter.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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May I remind you of what Avigdor lieberman said, a man you describe on this page as 'a vile fascist ', (and it is you who complain of being called a bossy official, which is all gauleiter means).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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This gives gauleiter-like powers to ministers which we are blandly told will not be used.
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See also affidavit of Bertus Gerdes, deputy gauleiter of Bavaria, quoted in London Times, January 3, 1946.
Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006
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Taylor carefully sets the scene of pre-war Nazi Saxony, and devotes several paragraphs to the unpleasing figure of Martin Mutschmann, the party gauleiter.
knitandpurl commented on the word gauleiter
"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