Rūtene
1. (loan) (noun) Lieutenant - title of an army or US police officer next in rank below a captain or a naval officer next in rank below a lieutenant commander.
Ka puta atu ko Rūtene Te Piiki me ana kaitūao Pākehā e 20 ki te pā o Mōkena i te 3 o Hūrae (TTR 1990:39). / Lieutenant Biggs and 20 Pākehā volunteers reached Mōkena's pā on 3 July.
See also rewheteneti
