Usually means: New Zealanders of European descent.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. pakeha: Merriam-Webster
  2. Pakeha: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Pakeha: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pakeha: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pakeha, pakeha: Wordnik
  6. pakeha: Wiktionary
  7. pakeha: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Pakeha: Dictionary.com
  9. Pakeha: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Pakeha: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pakeha (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. Pakeha: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (New Zealand) A non-Maori, especially a European New Zealander.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Pakeha [(New Zealand) A non-Maori, especially a European New Zealander.]

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