Meanings
plural haoles
- HawaiiderogatorysometimesA non-Hawaiian, especially a person of white European ancestry.
And the white guy who ate Rice-A-Roni with butter was the haole who didn’t speak pidgin or eat real rice.
2009 January 18, Lois-ann Yamanaka, “This Man Is an Island”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
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 […]
1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs, page 122Commerce was flourishing in the kingdom and the rising merchant class was made up largely of haole rather than Hawaiians.
2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 27
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Hawaiianhaole
- Hawaiianhaole
- Englishhaole
Borrowed from Hawaiian haole.
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Cite this entry
haole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haole
“haole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haole. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haole.
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