<hw>Rangatira</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori word for a chief, male or female; a master or mistress (Williams); therefore an aristocrat, a person of the gentle class, distinguished from a <i>tau-rikarika</i>, a nobody, a slave.
1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand' (Church Missionary Society), p. 200:
"Ranga tira, a gentleman or lady."
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' c. i. p. 173:
"I took care to tell them that the rangatira, or `chief' missionaries, would come out with the settlers."
Ibid. c. ii. p. 461:
"Rangatira is Maori for `chief,' and Rangatira-tango is therefore truly rendered `chieftainship.'"
1893. `Otago Witness, `Dec. 21, p. 11:
"Te Kooti is at Puketapu with many Rangatiras; he is a great warrior,—a fighting chief. They say he has beaten the pakehas" (q.v.).
<hw>Ranges</hw>, <i>n</i>. the usual word in Australia for "mountains." Compare the use of "<i>tiers</i>" in Tasmania.