haole
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
(among Hawaiians) a term formerly used to refer to any foreigner.
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How to use haole in a sentence
The defense claims that Elderts used the term “haole”—a derogatory Hawaiian term for white people— before the fight broke out.
State Department Murder Suspect Chris Deedy Was a Benghazi Security Agent | Josh Rogin | July 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHapa-haole,” was the answer; “he was a half-caste, you know, and we of the Islands have to think about our children.
The House of Pride | Jack LondonSo it befell at last that he was recommended to a haole in Beritania Street.
Island Nights' Entertainments | Robert Louis StevensonBut he did not know it, nor did anybody else guess it except that cursed hapa-haole, Stephen Kaluna.
The House of Pride | Jack LondonAn anecdote of this transition period is found in a book written by one who styled himself simply haole (a foreigner).
The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines | Isabel Anderson
At the word, the young haole of Beritania Street reeled against the wall.
Island Nights' Entertainments | Robert Louis Stevenson
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