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‖ rangatira N.Z.|rangaˈtira|
Also erron. rangitira.
[Maori.]
A Maori chief (male or female), a noble.
1820Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z. (Church Missionary Soc.) 200 Ránga tíra, a gentleman or lady. 1824H. Williams Let. 27 Jan. in H. Carleton Life of Henry Williams (1874) I. 35 We told him that rangatiras [gentlemen] do not steal. 1843E. Dieffenbach Travels in N.Z. II. i. vii. 112 The principal person in a tribe is the Ariki; but as he is per se a Rangatira, he is rarely called by the former name. 1855V. Lush Jrnl. 23 Sept. (1971) 165 This addition to the Native Ministry is a fine, tall and highly intelligent man, and being by birth a Rangatira (a Chief) he has far, far more influence among his countrymen than Rota has, who formerly was but a slave. 1863F. E. Maning Old N.Z. i. 6 The chief..having made some inquiries..such as, whether I was a rangatira. 1882W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. 253 The caste styled tana, or chieftains, a degree above that of rangatira, or simple gentlemen-warriors. 1903Daily Chron. 21 Sept. 5/1 This lad, Victor Huia, was born in New Zealand thirteen years ago, and by the Maoris was formally created a native chief, or rangatira, being duly decorated with the sacred feather of the huia. 1936R. Hyde Check to your King 146 Maori rangatira..promise that in future jury trial shall be observed. 1937N. Marsh Vintage Murder xxii. 242 My grandfather was a deeply-instructed rangitira. 1943― Colour Scheme ii. 37, I am a rangitira. My father attended an ancient school of learning. He was a tohunga. 1962M. K. Joseph Pound of Saffron iv. 65 I'd like to see old Blennerhassett in a flax mat—some rangatira he'd make. 1967A. & D. Reid Paddle Wheels on Wanganui 69 According to local history a rangatira had in decades past been buried in a certain upriver area. 1978B. Mason in Islands Aug. 18 In the past of our people, he would have been a splendid rangatira, a glory to his taua. |