rangatira

British  

/ ˌrʌŋɡəˈtɪərə /

noun

1. a Māori chief of either sex

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Etymology

Origin of rangatira

Māori

Example Sentences

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rangatira

The term rangatira, indeed, in its widest signification, includes the chiefs themselves, just as our English epithet gentleman does the highest personages in the realm.

From John Rutherford, the White Chief by Craik, George Lillie

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.

From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Maori, A Pakeha

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.

From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'

It was a whare noa, a house to which, from its general and temporary uses, the tapu was not supposed to attach: I mean, of course, the ordinary personal tapu or tapu rangatira.

From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'

Then he is a boy of good family, a rangatira by birth, and it would never do to let the thing pass without making a noise about it.

From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Maori, A Pakeha