coolie

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkuːli/

Noun

offensive Caribbean Guyana Jamaica Trinidad-and-Tobago

(offensive) 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.

Japanese Meaning

（差別的表現）技能のないアジア系労働者、特に中国人やインド人に対して用いられる言葉。19世紀から20世紀初頭にかけて、契約労働者として他国に送られることが多かった。

What is this buttons?

The historian explained that migrants were often labeled coolie, a derogatory term for unskilled Asian workers.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

歴史家は、移民がしばしば非熟練のアジア系労働者を指す差別的な呼称で呼ばれていたと説明した。

Details

Sense（1）

From Hui-li-chou northwards I was escorted by real soldiers, quite of the new service. They looked rather shipshape in khaki suits and puttees, and their guns were of a good model, but they handled them in careless fashion at first, belabouring laden ponies and even coolies who were slow in getting out of the way of my chair.

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