haole

/hou-lee, -ley/US // ˈhaʊ li, -leɪ //

浩乐,皓儿,浩乐公司,皓皓

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Sometimes Disparaging.
- : a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- : a term formerly used to refer to any foreigner.

The defense claims that Elderts used the term “haole”—a derogatory Hawaiian term for white people— before the fight broke out.
Hapa-haole,” was the answer; “he was a half-caste, you know, and we of the Islands have to think about our children.
So it befell at last that he was recommended to a Haole in Beritania Street.
But he did not know it, nor did anybody else guess it except that cursed hapa-haole, Stephen Kaluna.
An anecdote of this transition period is found in a book written by one who styled himself simply Haole (a foreigner).
At the word, the young Haole of Beritania Street reeled against the wall.