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Doolie vs Coolie - What's the difference?

doolie | coolie |

As nouns the difference between doolie and coolie

is that doolie is (us) a first year student at the united states air force academy; a cadet freshman while coolie is (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.

doolie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A first year student at the United States Air Force Academy; a cadet freshman

    • coolie

    English

    (wikipedia coolie)

    Alternative forms

    * cooly, kuli, quli, koelie, etc.

    Noun

    (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.
  • A person of Indian descent.

    • Derived terms

    * coolie orange

    References

    * Yule, Henry and Burnell, A. C. (1886): Hobson-Jobson The Anglo-Indian Dictionary . Reprint: Ware, Hertfordshire. Wordsworth Editions Limited. 1996. * Le grand dictionnaire Ricci de la langue chinoise , (2001), Vol. III, p. 833. English terms derived from Hindi English terms derived from Urdu