COOLIE

coolie, cooly

(noun) (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

coolie (plural coolies)

(offensive, slang) An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

(offensive, slang, Trinidad, West Indies, Guyana, South Africa and other parts of Africa) An Indian or a person of Indian descent.

Source: Wiktionary

Coo"lie, n.

Definition: Same as Cooly.

Coo"ly, Coo"lie, n.; pl. Coolies. Etym: [Hind. k a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k, ky, slave.]

Definition: An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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