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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Coolie

Cōŏl'ie, n.

noun

(kōō'ly), n. A cooly. See COOLY.

Cōo'ly or Cōo'lie, n.

noun

n. [Hind. kûli, a laborer, porter. Cf. Turk. kûl, kyûleh, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; especially a laborer transported from India, China, &c., for service in some other country.