单词 | maoriness |
释义 | Maorinessn. Chiefly New Zealand. = Maoritanga n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > New Zealand and Australian indigenous peoples > Maori > [noun] > quality or culture Maoritanga1843 Maoridom1860 Maoriness1877 1877 Martin Let. in T. S. Grace Pioneer Missionary among Maoris (1928) 258 Let it not be said that the Maoriness of a man unfits him to be Bishop! 1963 Times 6 Feb. (Suppl.) p. ii/5 The failure of humanitarianism when confronted with Pakeha land hunger and Maori determination to hold fast to their Maoritanga (Maoriness) bred conflict. 1974 N.Z. Listener 20 July 10/3 I have a curious kind of status which derives from my work, from the fact of my Maoriness,—such as it is. 1991 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 3 Sept. 4 We do not lose our Maoriness by driving a Japanese car, smoking cigarettes made by a Pakeha New Zealander, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877 |
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