rangatira

/ ˌrʌŋɡəˈtɪərə /

noun

1. a Māori chief of either sex

Word History and Origins

Origin of rangatira¹

Māori

Example Sentences

This happened many years before I came to the country, and when my rangatira was one of the most famous fighting-men in his tribe.

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Rangatira pakeha—A foreigner who is a gentleman (not a tutua, or nobody, as described above), a rich foreigner.

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Along this river I wandered for many days, but I found few of the Rangatira's descendants.

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Their society had definite ranks, from that of the Rangatira, the chief with a long pedigree, to the slave.

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In his hand was his broad-axe; with it he must make his rangatira's river-boat.

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