Gimo

Proper noun

1. A nickname for Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Kuomintang during World War II and Cold War.
   • That afternoon, the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang received a thousand guests at a tea celebrating the Gimo's return to office. - 1950 May 13, “CHINA: Return of the Gimo”, in Time (magazine):
   • The Gimo rises at daybreak nowadays. At about seven o'clock he dresses either in the long blue Chinese robe he wore today or in a military uniform minus all insignia. - 1960 April 1, “Little Known Facts about President...
   • Everyone understands that the Gimo’s [Chiang Kai-shek’s nickname: a shortened version of generalissimo] whole reason for being, and that of all the people who came over with him, is to return to the mainland, where they...