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‖ dato, datu|ˈdɑːtəʊ, ˈdɑːtuː| Also datoh, datoo, datto. [Malay datu ruler, chief; dato', datok elder, title of respect or distinction; Tagalog datò ruling head of clan or tribe.] A landowner or chief in northern Borneo, the Philippine Islands, and some adjacent areas.
[1820J. Crawfurd Hist. Ind. Archip. III. viii. i. 22 Native term for king in Javanese is Ratu, which is the same word that is written Datu in some other languages. Its literal meaning is grandfather, and by a slight inflection a senior or elder, from which last is taken its figurative meaning, a lord or chief.] 1841J. Brooke in E. Hahn James Brooke (1953) v. 68 The revenue will be collected by the three Datus, bearing the seal of the governor. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Datoo,..a Malay term of rank, and four of whom form the council of the sultan of the Malayu Islands. 1897Geogr. Jrnl. Jan. 36 The Galas district is nominally under the charge of the Dato. 1906Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 13 Jan. 2/4 [In the Philippine Islands] W. J. Bryan yesterday was created a ‘Datto’ and saluted by fifty pieces of native artillery. 1925Chambers's Jrnl. 46/1 The Malay point of view was well expressed by a certain Datoh, or landowner of good birth. 1960S. Runciman White Rajahs iii. iv. 219 The Resident and four Datus were lined up there to greet him. |