haoleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

haole (複数形 haole または haoles)

1. (Hawaii) A non-Hawaiian, usually specifically a white.
   • 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs, page 122:

     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 […]

   • 2009, January 18, “Lois-ann Yamanaka”, in This Man Is an Island‎^[2]:

     And the white guy who ate Rice-A-Roni with butter was the haole who didn’t speak pidgin or eat real rice.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 27:

     Commerce was flourishing in the kingdom and the rising merchant class was made up largely of haole rather than Hawaiians.

派生語

アナグラム

• a**hole, a-hole, ahole