haole
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haole (plural haole or haoles)
- (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 […]
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- 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.
- 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs (page 122)
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