palagi

plural palagis

1. New ZealandWestern PolynesiaA white person; a Caucasian.

   Then Ione said: "Jerry, you are the only honest palagi I ever met."

   1994, Jerome Gold, Hurricanes

   2 more examples

   ‘Serves him right for trying to act like a palagi!’ she muttered to herself.

   1979, Albert Wendt, Leaves of the Banyan Tree

   After 170 years this is the closest Auckland has come to having a brown mayor. Sure he's a Palagi. But his name is Brown, he's run Manukau for a long time and there's heaps of brown people there so he's gladly owned by many in the Pacific Community.

   2010 October 10, Oscar Kightley, New Zealand Herald

   Synonyms: papalagi