haole

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian haole.

Noun

haole (plural haole or haoles)

1. (Hawaii) A non-Hawaiian, usually specifically a Caucasian.
   • 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs (page 122)

     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 […]

   • 2009, January 18, “Lois-ann Yamanaka”, in This Man Is an Island‎^[1]:

     And the white guy who ate Rice-A-Roni with butter was the haole who didn’t speak pidgin or eat real rice.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 27:

     Commerce was flourishing in the kingdom and the rising merchant class was made up largely of haole rather than Hawaiians.

Derived terms

• Kill Haole Day

Anagrams

• a**hole, a-hole, ahole

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Hawaiian

Etymology

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Noun

haole

1. foreigner
2. Caucasian
3. Englishman, Englishwoman, American

Verb

haole

1. (stative) foreign
2. (stative) Caucasian, white
3. (stative) English, American

   ʻōlelo haole — English language