rangatira
/ˌraŋəˈtɪərə
/noun NZ
A Maori chief or noble.They were the two rangatira of Parihaka, a peaceful village that sits between Mt Taranaki and the Tasman Sea....
- Unapologetically hierarchical, the leader, or rangatira, is infallible.
- At this point I would like to acknowledge the new Maori rangatira in the National Party, the shadow Minister of Maori Affairs, Mr Gerry Brownlee.
Origin
Maori.
Rhymes
- mucoidy
- mucoitin
- mucoitin sulfuric acid
- mucoitin sulphuric acid
- mucolipid
- mucolipidosis
- mucolytic
- mucomembranous
- muconate
- muconic acid
- mucopeptide
- mucoperichondrial
- mucoperichondrium
- mucoperiosteal
- mucoperiosteum
- mucoperiostitis
- mucopolysaccharide
- mucopolysaccharidosis
- mucoprotein
- mucopurulent
- mucopus
- mucor
- mucoraceous
- mucorine
- mucormycosis