gauleiter
noun
gau·lei·ter ˈgau̇-ˌlī-tər 
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
Word History
Etymology
German, from Gau party district in Nazi Germany + Leiter leader
First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1a