haole
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈhaʊ.li/
Definition of haole
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Hawaii, derogatory, sometimes)A non-Hawaiian, especially a person of white European ancestry.
“I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]”
“And the white guy who ate Rice-A-Roni with butter was the haole who didn’t speak pidgin or eat real rice.”
“Commerce was flourishing in the kingdom and the rising merchant class was made up largely of haole rather than Hawaiians.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian haole.
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