gauleiter
(n.)
a district leader in Nazi Germany who served as a provincial governor
In a sentence: When the gauleiter, one Franz von Hertzenberg realized what he was supposed to be fighting for, he stripped himself of his title, left for the country, and shook his head in shame for the next year and a half.
In a different sentence:
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The gauleiter ate like a corrupt king every morning, and slept like a baby every night.
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