ratu

plural ratus

1. A Fijian chief or chiefly titleholder.

   The ratu presided over the traditional ceremony.

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   For the purposes of this discussion, however, it is sufficient to know that all land is traditionally vested in the ratu, and there are no higher order structures of customary landownership.

   2006, Thomas Reuter, Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land, page 257