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Hori N.Z.|ˈhɒriː|
Also with lower-case initial.
[Maori form of ‘George’.]
A contemptuous term for a Maori.
1933F. E. Baume Half-Caste 26 ‘Hori’, he [sc. the driver] said to Paul (as a negro is ‘Sambo’ a Maori is ‘Hori’ to the poor white). ‘You like a drink, eh?’ 1942National Education (N.Z.) Mar. 59/1, I looked at the eighty husky Horis in their gum-boots, denim trousers.., tattered shirts. 1944J. H. Fullarton Troop Target xi. 87 But all you Horis are related. 1960N. Hilliard Maori Girl iii. vii. 219 All horis come off the farm, I think. 1963N.Z. News 23 July 6/2 The Maori representative on the Dominion Council..asked the R.S.A. to lead a move to eliminate racial and other discords fostering Communism and instanced the use of Hori, as a general term for a Maori, as distasteful and creating friction. |