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rōre

1. (loan) (noun) lord.

Ngā tū āhua tāngata katoa ka kitea ki reira: ngā kīngi o tāwāhi i roto i ō rātou kākahu korōria, me ngā hōia tieki anō i a rātou; ngā piriniha, ngā tiuka, ngā mākuihi, ngā rōre me ērā atu karangatanga ariki o te iwi Pākehā (TP 6/1911:4). / All types of people were seen there: the kings of overseas in their amazing clothes and the soldiers guarding them; the princes, dukes, marquesses, lords and those other aristocrats of the Pākehā people.

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Synonyms: ariki

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