rangatira

/ ˌrʌŋɡəˈtɪərə /

noun

1. a Māori chief of either sex

Word History and Origins

Origin of rangatira¹

Māori

Example Sentences

One old rangatira, before whom a considerable portion of the payment had been laid as his share of the spoil, gave it a slight shove with his foot, expressive of refusal, and said, "I will not accept any of the payment, I will have the pakeha."

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A calm low voice now spoke close beside me, "She has followed her rangatira," it said.

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I consequently was therefore a part, and by no means an inconsiderable one, of the payment for my own land; but though now part and parcel of the property of the old rangatira aforementioned, a good deal of liberty was allowed me.

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Sixthly.—All desirable jobs of work, and all advantages of all kinds, to be offered first to the family of my rangatira before letting any one else have them; payment for same to be about 25 per cent. more than to any one else, exclusive of a douceur to the chief himself because he did not work.

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The chief who claimed me was a good specimen of the Maori rangatira.

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