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Kingite N.Z.|ˈkɪŋaɪt|
[f. king n. + -ite1 1 b.]
A follower of the Maori king (see King Country s.v. king n. 13 a). Also attrib. or as adj.
1860T. Buddle Maori King Movement 60 On this point the kingites carry with them the sympathies of the majority. 1884J. H. Kerry-Nicholls King Country 6 In 1857 Kingite meetings were held in Paetai. Ibid. 9 Sir George Grey..opened up communication with the chiefs of the Kingites. 1910J. Cowan Maoris of N.Z. xxvii. 286 This Kingite war-song..is still on the lips of the Waikato people. Ibid. 289 All might have gone well had the Kingites been able to restrain their more turbulent spirits. 1959K. Sinclair in J. E. Gorst Maori King p. xiv, He was driven out by the Kingites on 18 April, 1863. Ibid. 263 There were no large Kingite meetings, at which he could have been formally ‘installed’. |