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Pakeha

/ ˈpɑːkɪˌhɑː /

noun

  1. (in New Zealand) a person who is not of Māori ancestry, esp a White person


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pakeha1

from Māori

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Example Sentences

I was the first pakeha who had ever arrived at a certain populous inland village.

Here the woman burst into tears, and the pakeha felt a strange swelling of the chest, which he could in no way account for.

Rangatira pakeha—A foreigner who is a gentleman (not a tutua, or nobody, as described above), a rich foreigner.

Next day the bishop went further up the river to Wherinaki, where Laming, a pakeha Maori, resided.

The survivors of the outwitted Maoris turned and fled, and the clever Pakeha was picked up and carried safely on board.

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