2. (loan) (noun) colonel - an army officer in charge of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank.
Ka haere ia ki te whakaatu ki te kānara i te āhua o te noho o te hoariri i muri i a mātou. / He went to inform the colonel of the way the enemy were deployed to the rear of us.
3. (loan) (personal noun) Colonel - the title of an army officer in charge of a regiment, immediately below a brigadier in rank.
I te whawhai hoki ia ki a Te Kooti, i a Kānara Makitānara rāua ko Meiha Keepa. / He also fought against Te Kooti with Colonel McDonnell and Major Keepa.
Rūtene Kānara
1. (loan) (personal noun) Lieutenant Colonel - title of an officer ranking next below a colonel.
I te kahakitanga a ngā tāngata a Tītokowaru i ngā hōiho o ngā hōia a Rūtene Kānara Thomas McDonnell mai i tō rātou hōpuni i Waihī, kāore i taea e Manaia te whakahokihoki (TTR 1990:44). / Manaia was not able to recover the horses of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas McDonnell’s troops stolen by Tītokowaru’s men from their camp at Waihī.
2. (loan) (noun) lieutenant colonel .
Ko tana tūranga i konei, he rūtene kānara (TTR 2000:154). / His rank here was of lieutenant colonel.
