perehitana
1. (loan) (noun) president.
Kāore he kīngi ō tēnei iwi, heoi anō ko te perehitana (TP 1/10/1901:2). / This nation does not have a king, but a president.
Synonyms: perehitene, timuaki, tumuaki, perehitini
2. (loan) (personal noun) President.
Nō te 7 o ngā rā o tēnei marama ka tae mai te waea o Niu Ioka he whakaatu mai i te kōhurutanga o Perehitana Makiniri, te tumuaki o te Unaititi Teiti, Amerika (TP 9/1901:12). / On the 7th of this month, a telegram from New York arrived informing of the assassination of President McKinley, the leader of the United States of America.
