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Definition coolie
Etymology
From Hindi ????? (qul?) and Urdu ??? (qul?, “hired laborer”), named after a Gujarati tribe or caste of that name. Other forms occur in Bengali ???? (kul?) and Tamil ???? (k?li, “daily hire”). Possibly also influenced by Hindi ???? (kol?, “weaver; low-class”).
The Mandarin word ?? (k?lì), meaning "to exert one's abilities; heavy labour work" in Classical Chinese, may have been influenced by cognates of the above Hindi word in other languages and may have further influenced English.
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.
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