Pakeha

/ (ˈpɑːkɪˌhɑː) /


noun
  1. (in New Zealand) a person who is not of Māori ancestry, esp a White person

Origin of Pakeha

1
from Māori

Words Nearby Pakeha

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How to use Pakeha in a sentence

  • I was the first Pakeha who had ever arrived at a certain populous inland village.

    Old New Zealand: | 'A Pakeha Maori' [Frederick Edwa [Maning]
  • Here the woman burst into tears, and the Pakeha felt a strange swelling of the chest, which he could in no way account for.

    Old New Zealand: | 'A Pakeha Maori' [Frederick Edwa [Maning]
  • Rangatira Pakeha—A foreigner who is a gentleman (not a tutua, or nobody, as described above), a rich foreigner.

    Old New Zealand: | 'A Pakeha Maori' [Frederick Edwa [Maning]
  • Next day the bishop went further up the river to Wherinaki, where Laming, a Pakeha Maori, resided.

    The Book of the Bush | George Dunderdale
  • The survivors of the outwitted Maoris turned and fled, and the clever Pakeha was picked up and carried safely on board.

    The Long White Cloud | William Pember Reeves