rangatira

British  

/ ˌrʌŋɡəˈtɪərə /

noun

1. a Māori chief of either sex

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Etymology

Origin of rangatira

Māori

Example Sentences

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 Frazer, James George, Sir

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 Reeves, William Pember

First, he is handsome; next, he is a rangatira, well-born, as my husband ought to be.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)

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 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

He belongs to the caste styled tana, or chieftains, a degree above that of rangatira, or simple gentlemen-warriors.

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle