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hokowhitu

1. (noun) 140, band, company, party, complement of men, army.

E toru ngā rā o taua hokowhitu e whakaeke ana i taua pā, kīhai hoki i horo (TP 3/1913:6). / That army spent three days attacking that pā, but it did not fall.

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Synonyms: rahinga, hunga, pāti, ope, uepū, tokomatua, pēne, ika

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