Definitions for haoles

haoles hao·le

Spelling: [hou-lee, -ley]
IPA: /ˈhaʊ li, -leɪ/

Haoles is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in haoles (aehlos).

Definitions for haoles

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 haoles

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

Examples for haoles

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.

Word Value for haoles
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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