HAOLE

Haole

Ha'ole, in the Hawaiian language, means "without breath", referring to Captain Cook's refusal to perform the traditional Hawaiian greeting of touching foreheads and inhaling the other's exhalation and instead extending his hand. However, it is generally used to refer to an individual that fits one of the following: "White person, American, Englishman, Caucasian; American, English; formerly, any foreigner; foreign, introduced, of foreign origin, as plants, pigs, chickens." The origins of the word predate the 1778 arrival of Captain James Cook, as recorded in several chants stemming from antiquity. Its use historically has ranged from descriptive ...

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haole

Noun

  1. A non-Hawaiian, usually specifically a Caucasian.


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