rangatira

British  

/ ˌrʌŋɡəˈtɪərə /

noun

1. a Māori chief of either sex

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Etymology

Origin of rangatira

Māori

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Example Sentences

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rangatira

My rangatira, dashing furiously among them, and—as I can well suppose—those eyes of his flashing fire, had the happiness of once again killing the first man, and being authorized to shout "Ki au te mataika!"

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

These were the ariki, or king; the mataiapo, or governors of districts; the rangatira, or landowners; and the unga, or tenants.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer

Marsden settled his missionaries at Rangihu, where for twelve axes he bought two hundred acres of land from a young rangatira named Turi.

From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves

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 A Pakeha Maori

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'

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