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coolies
We have found lemma(root) word of coolies : coolie.
Definitions
[ˈkuːli], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an unskilled labourer in India, China, and some other Asian countries, especially one employed by Europeans
- a person employed to carry luggage and other loads; a porter
(e.g: the woman's husband is a coolie by profession)
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Origin
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early 17th century: probably from Koli ‘member of a people of western India formerly associated with labouring work’, probably after Portuguese cule ‘hired labourer’, perhaps influenced by Tamil kūli ‘hire, payment for work’
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