Associations to the word «Coolie»

Wiktionary

COOLIE, noun. (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.
COOLIE, noun. (offensive) (slang) (Trinidad) (West Indies) (Guyana and parts of Africa) A person of Indian descent.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke