Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In New Zealand, a chief; a master or mistress; hence, a gentleman or lady; an aristocrat.

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  • noun A hereditary Māori leader of a kinship group.

Etymologies

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Maori

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Examples

  • The term rangatira, indeed, in its widest signification, includes the chiefs themselves, just as our English epithet gentleman does the highest personages in the realm.

    John Rutherford, the White Chief George Lillie Craik 1832

  • I want to hear their views kanohi ki te kanohi, rangatira ki te rangatira.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Te Ururoa Flavell: He aha tā ngā hapū o Ngāti Whātua me ngā iwi, arā, a Te Kawarau-a-Maki, a Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, a Ngāti Te Ata, a Te Aki Tai, a Ngāti Tamaoho rātau ko Hauraki Marutuahu kia whakarauikahia rātau ki raro i te rōpū hou kua tapaina ko ngā Manawhenua o Tāmaki-makaurau, ā, he aha ngā kōrero kua wānangahia e rāua ko te Minita mō ngā Kāwana ā-Rohe mō tēnei rōpū rangatira?

    Scoop Audio and Video Podcast 2010

  • No reira kei te mihi atu ki nga rangatira, ki nga iwi, ki nga ropu i oti i a koutou tenei kaupapa o te Whakaputanga, hei whakaae ma nga Kawanatanga o te ao.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • No reira kei te mihi atu ki nga rangatira, ki nga iwi, ki nga ropu i oti i a koutou tenei kaupapa o te Whakaputanga, hei whakaae ma nga Kawanatanga o te ao.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By TRACY WATKINS 2010

  • I want to hear their views kanohi ki te kanohi, rangatira ki te rangatira.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Te Ururoa Flavell: He aha tā ngā hapū o Ngāti Whātua me ngā iwi, arā, a Te Kawarau-a-Maki, a Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, a Ngāti Te Ata, a Te Aki Tai, a Ngāti Tamaoho rātau ko Hauraki Marutuahu kia whakarauikahia rātau ki raro i te rōpū hou kua tapaina ko ngā Manawhenua o Tāmaki-makaurau, ā, he aha ngā kōrero kua wānangahia e rāua ko te Minita mō ngā Kāwana ā-Rohe mō tēnei rōpū rangatira?

    Scoop Audio and Video Podcast 2010

  • No reira kei te mihi atu ki nga rangatira, ki nga iwi, ki nga ropu i oti i a koutou tenei kaupapa o te Whakaputanga, hei whakaae ma nga Kawanatanga o te ao.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • I want to hear their views kanohi ki te kanohi, rangatira ki te rangatira.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • We mourn the loss of Lady Raiha Mahuta - a kuia rangatira, who has devoted so much of her life to nurturing the lifeforce of her children, her mokopuna and all those who come after her.

    NZ On Screen 2010

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