Definitions for haole

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haole hao·le

Spelling: [hou-lee, -ley]

IPA: /ˈhaʊ li, -leɪ/

Haole is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in haole (aehlo).

Definitions for haole

noun

1. (among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
2. (among Hawaiians) a term formerly used to refer to any foreigner.

Origin of haole

1835-45; Hawaiian: white person, (earlier) foreigner, foreign

Examples for haole

There he was, like any haole, driving straight toward the end determined.

The defense claims that Elderts used the term “haole”—a derogatory Hawaiian term for white people— before the fight broke out.

So it befell at last that he was recommended to a haole in Beritania Street.