paruauru
1. (noun) one who cultivates the soil, gardener, labourer.
E kore te Māori e pai kia riro ana whenua ki te iwi kē, i te mea kei kīia ai he hunga, he pori, he paruauru, i te mea hoki he ingoa kino aua kupu ana kīia ki a ia e te iwi kē (TW 24/8/1878:418). / The Māori would never like his lands to be taken by another people lest he is called a slave, a dependant, a labourer because those words are bad names when he is called that by another race.
Synonyms: poroteke, ihu oneone