| 单词 | king movement |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKing Movement King Movement n. (also with lower-case initial in second element) New Zealand a movement founded in the North Island of New Zealand in the 1850s, aiming to unite Maori peoples under a single monarch, originally in order to oppose white settlement of Maori lands; cf. Kingite n. ΚΠ 1857 J. Morgan Let. 9 Dec. in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 328 The natives..interested in the Maori King movement being..opposed to the opening of the road. 1884 J. H. Kerry-Nicholls King Country 6 In 1854,..Te Heuheu..summoned a native council at Taupo, when the King movement began in earnest. 1959 K. Sinclair in J. E. Gorst Maori King p. xxiii The King movement survives today, though its followers are less numerous than a century ago. 2004 P. Whitfield Rough Guide Maori N.Z. (Wanderlust ed.) 37 The loose coalition of the contemporary King Movement still plays an important role in the country. < as lemmas |
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